India and China ask border envoys to work on more steps

National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon and China's chief negotiator for the boundary dispute, Yang Jiechi, met last Sunday for talks that senior sources say helped clinch the resolution to the prolonged standoff in Ladakh. HT reports.

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Codenamed Hand-in-Hand, it will focus on counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations.|PTI File photo Indicating that the military stand-off with China in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh sector in April was a thing of the past, India on Monday ...