India, China agree to hold military officers meet | Economic Times

Foreign minister S Jaishankar, in a sharp message to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, said unilateral change of status quo along the LAC is not acceptable and it can increase tensions even as the two sides agreed on convening an early meeting of the senior military commanders to discuss “all the remaining issues and seek a mutually acceptable solution”.The two also reached an understanding they will continue to ensure stability on the ground and neither side will take any unilateral action that could increase tension, according to an official statement issued by the MEA. The two ministers noted that there was an agreement between both sides in the last meeting of the MEA-led WMCC on June 25 to hold another round of meeting of senior military commanders. The Dushanbe meeting on Wednesday between Jaishankar and Wang took place even as China is yet to fully disengage, a fact that Jaishankar has asserted several times since the Galwan clash. Recalling their last meeting in Moscow, in September 2020, Jaishankar emphasised the need to follow through on the agreement reached then and complete the disengagement, resolving the remaining issues along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh at the earliest, according to the statement.