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Vikram Misri is a 1989 batch IFS officer. He was appointed as India’s Ambassador to China in 2020. file photo
Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri reached China on Sunday on a two-day visit. This is the second high-profile visit from India to China in less than six weeks. This visit of the Indian Foreign Secretary includes ways to reduce tension on the border in Eastern Ladakh and resumption of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.
Apart from this, issues like resumption of direct flights between the two countries and easy issuance of visas to Chinese citizens are included. Along with this, issues of political, economic and people to people connections will also be discussed.
On Friday, China also welcomed the visit. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that we welcome the visit of Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to China for the Foreign Secretary-Deputy Minister meeting between China and India.
Indian NSA reached China last month
Earlier, India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval had come last month to attend the 23rd special representative level meeting between India and China. In this meeting, officials of both the countries agreed to soon start the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from Tibet, promote cross-border riverine cooperation and Nathula border trade.
Chinese spokesperson Mao said that during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia in October last year, an agreement was reached between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve and advance mutual relations.
Last month, a meeting was held in Beijing between China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
20 Indian soldiers were martyred in the clash in Galwan on 15 June 2020.
On June 15, 2020, China had deployed troops in the border areas of Eastern Ladakh on the pretext of exercise. After this, incidents of infiltration took place at many places. The Indian government had also deployed equal number of troops as China in this area. The situation became so bad that bullets were fired on the LAC.
Meanwhile, on June 15, 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in a clash with the Chinese army in Galwan Valley. Later India also gave a befitting reply to this. About 60 Chinese soldiers were killed in this. After this, relations between the two countries had become quite tense.
The picture is of the bloody clash between the soldiers of India and China on 15 June 2020 in Galwan Valley of Ladakh. After this the dispute between the two countries deepened.
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