BRICS Foreign Ministers hold virtual meeting
Countering terrorism and the need for an enhanced BRICS cooperation regarding the issue was another major Indian concern that was highlighted in the virtual meeting.
Defence & Diplomacy
Biggest failure of US foreign policy in last 40 years is how we’ve dealt with China: White House
”Probably the biggest failure of American foreign policy over the past 40 years is how we’ve dealt with China,” National Security Advisor Robert O’Brian told reporters at a White House news conference.
Restore status quo at LAC: Rajnath Singh to Chinese Defense Minister
The focus of the talks that lasted nearly two and a half hours was on ways to resolve the prolonged border standoff.
Border situation in eastern Ladakh “direct result” of Chinese action to effect unilateral change in status quo
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India is committed to resolve all issues through dialogue, noting the way ahead to address the issue is negotiations.
China violates agreement, engages in provocative military maneuvers: India
The Ministry also said that even as the ground commanders of the two sides were in discussions to de-escalate the situation, the Chinese troops on August 31 “again engaged in provocative action. Due to the timely defensive action, the Indian side was able to prevent these attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo.”
US Indo-Pacific strategy can’t succeed without India, says top American diplomat
The US requires India standing by its side for the success of its strategy of a free and open Indo-Pacific region, a top American diplomat said Monday noting that the Quad concept has helped New Delhi find a place in the larger Indo-Pacific theatre.
India Not to participate in Multinational Exercise With China, Pakistan On Russian Soil
Sources said while India is locked in a military conflict with the Chinese in eastern Ladakh and on high alert all along the 4,000 kilometre Line of Actual Control (LAC), it cannot be business as usual for us to be participating in multilateral military exercises with them.
Situation in Ladakh ‘most serious’ since 1962 conflict, says S Jaishankar on India-China border row
The MEA said a solution to the border row with China must be predicated on honouring all agreements and understandings without attempting to alter the status quo unilaterally
Indo-Pacific epicentre of ‘great power competition’ with China, says US Defence Secretary Mark Esper
Esper in his keynote address to the Daniel K Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Hawaii said that to advance the agenda of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continues to pursue an aggressive modernisation plan to achieve a world-class military by the middle of the century.
China fires ‘carrier killer’ missile in South China Sea, says report
The DF-26B and DF-21D missiles fired Wednesday targeted an area between the southern island province of Hainan and the Paracel Islands, The South China Morning Post newspaper of Hong Kong reported, citing unidentified sources close to the Chinese military.