Li Shangfu said that the China-Indian border situation remains stable, according to
Global Times. According to the minister,common interest between China and India prevails over discrepancies, thus both sides should view bilateral ties and their development in a comprehensive, long-term and strategic way
With contact and negotiations between two armies gradually resuming, experts called on India to reduce provocative statements, and meet with China halfway to solve the border issues, so as to inject peace and stability into bilateral ties, and support regional stability, the newspaper adds.
However, Global Times adds, a summary of the meeting published by India's defense ministry was strongly-worded and appear provocative. India media PTI quoted the ministry's statement as saying that Singh said "that all issues at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) need to be resolved in accordance with existing bilateral agreements and commitments."
Speaking at the same summit, Russian Defense Minister said that "currently Washington and its accomplices are implementing their strategic plan, which consists in provoking other countries into a military confrontation (...) above all with Russia and China." "A clear confirmation of such a criminal policy is the conflict in Ukraine. Its real goal is to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, threaten China and maintain its monopoly position in the world," he added.
