India on Tuesday held back from sabre-rattling and asked the world’s “leading voices” to act in an exemplary manner by respecting international law and recognising the interests of partners, the only elliptical reference to the recent military tension between India and China on a disputed border.
At a virtual meeting of Russia-India-China (RIC), a trilateral platform of the three countries, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar gave voice to India’s injured feelings but did not name any nation.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said India and China did not need any help in sorting out their differences. There was no