NEW DELHI: India said today it will continue to use diplomatic channels with China to resolve Dokalam stand off and insisted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held “conversation on range of issues” in Hamburg.
There is a stand off between the armies of India and China in the Dokalam area in the Sikkim sector, where Indian troops stopped road construction by Chinese soldiers on June 16.
“We have diplomatic channels available. We have embassies in both countries. Those channels will continue to be used,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Gopal Baglay said when asked about the nearly month-long stand off in Dokalam.
He also referred to Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar’s remarks at an event in Singapore on the issue.
Baglay noted that there were well-established and mutually agreed mechanisms to address differences on border issue as well as tri-junctions. (AGENCIES)
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