China ready for mutually acceptable solution to urgent border issues: Chinese foreign minister to Jaishankar

Chinese foreign minister and State Councilor Wang Yi told his India counterpart Jaishankar that China is ready to seek a "mutually acceptable solution" to the issues that require "urgent treatment" through negotiation.

With India firmly conveying to China that the prolongation of the existing situation in eastern Ladakh was visibly impacting the bilateral ties in a "negative manner", Beijing on Thursday said it is ready to seek a "mutually acceptable solution" to the issues that require "urgent treatment" through negotiation. During their hour-long in-person meeting on the sidelines of an SCO conclave in Dushanbe on Wednesday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also told his Chinese counterpart and State Councilor Wang Yi that any unilateral change in the status quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) was "not acceptable" to India and that the overall ties can only develop after full restoration of peace and tranquillity in eastern Ladakh.