Positive momentum in ties based on peace along disputed border: India tells China, urges for withdrawal of troops

New Delhi: Any positive momentum in India-China relations will be based on peace along the disputed boundary between the two nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told his counterpart in the communist country, Wang Yi, on Monday.

Ahead of the 24th round of boundary negotiations between India and China, New Delhi also nudged Beijing to expeditiously withdraw nearly 100,000 additional troops the Chinese People’s Liberation Army had deployed along its Line of Actual Control (LAC).