External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday China has given India “five differing explanations” for deploying large forces at the LAC, adding this violation of bilateral pacts has “very significantly damaged” their relationship that is now at its “most difficult phase” in the last 30-40 years.
The comments by Jaishankar during an online interactive session organised by Australian think tank Lowy Institute came against the backdrop of the over seven-month-long military standoff between India and China at the Line of Actual ControL(LAC) in eastern Ladakh. Read More…
