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Indian, Chinese defence ministers meet, no breakthrough on border face-off

Rajnath Singh says India determined to protect its sovereignty; his Chinese counterpart accuses New Delhi of 'provocations'

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a meeting with the Chinese Defence Minister General Fenghe, in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (Photo: PTI)
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a meeting with the Chinese Defence Minister General Fenghe, in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (Photo: PTI)

Ajai Shukla
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Chinese counterpart, Defence Minister and State Councillor General Wei Fenghe on Friday and discussed the on-going border confrontation in Ladakh, but without any breakthrough in resolving the four-month-long confrontation.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says the meeting was requested by the Chinese delegation on the side-lines of a meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation defence ministers in Moscow.

In what the MoD characterises as “frank and in-depth discussions”, both sides stuck to repeating their stated claims and positions on the border face-off.

“The Defence Minister categorically conveyed India’s position on the developments along the Line