Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Chinas President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg . Modi highlighted concerns India has about border issues along the Line of Actual Control LAC . Modi and Xi agreed to direct their relevant officials to intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement and deescalation .
Relations between the two nucleararmed neighbours have been sour for more than three years after soldiers from both sides clashed in the Himalayan frontier in June resulting in deaths . This is the first time that Modi has brought up the issue directly with Xi repeating Indias stand that has been shared with China through other ministers multiple times .
Discussions have taken place at several levels to find solutions to border issues but a resolution remains elusive . Military commanders held talks for five days along the Himalaya frontier in an attempt to find a breakthrough last week . The two sides said the talks had been positive but there was no word on any pullback of troops on the ground.
While the two sides say the talks have been positive there were no word of any pullbacks of troops in the ground to the ground but there has been no word about a pullback from the talks. There is no sign of any withdrawal of troops from the ground of any troops from either side of the border.
There was no sign that there would be no pullback. There were no signs of any troop withdrawal. There are no signs that there will be a pull back from the border troops. There have been no indication that there is no further action. There has not been any sign of a withdrawal of any of the troops.
No sign of troops. The two countries have not agreed to an agreement to withdraw from the military. There will be no further negotiations.
