Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks during a Quad Ministers' panel at the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi, India on March 3, 2023. Photo: OLIVIER DOULIERY/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoThe situation between India and China in the western Himalayan region of Ladakh is fragile and dangerous, with military forces deployed very close to each other in some parts, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. "The situation to my mind still remains very fragile because there are places where our deployments are very close up and in military assessment therefore quite dangerous," Jaishankar said at an India Today conclave. Jaishankar said he discussed the situation with China's new foreign minister, Qin Gang, on the sidelines of a meeting of the foreign ministers of the G20 nations hosted by India this month. Two G20 ministerial meetings in India in the last three weeks have been overshadowed by Russia's 13-month invasion of Ukraine.

Source: The Express Tribune March 18, 2023 22:25 UTC