Foreign Secy S Jaishankar to brief MPs on India-China standoff

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Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar is slated to brief members of a Parliamentary standing committee on India-China ties in the wake of their military stand-off in Doklam on Tuesday. Opposition parties have also demanded discussion on the issue in both Houses during the monsoon session of Parliament that kicked off today.

According to sources, the Ministry of External Affairs officials were to brief members of the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs on the subject of changes in global diplomacy after during US President Donald Trump's tenure. But the committee, which Congress' Shashi Tharoor heads, insisted the Foreign Secretary should instead brief