NSA Doval to hold 2nd meeting with Chinese foreign minister Friday

Jul 09, 2020 22:35 IST

For the second time in a week, India and China will on Friday discuss ways to build on the disengagement process. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will hold Friday’s meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on Indo-China Border Affairs or WMCC. This will be the first formal interaction at a diplomatic level after the Doval-Wang icebreaker video call on Sunday on the Ladakh stand-off. The WMCC, was set up in 2012 to address tensions along the Line of Actual Control. The Hindustan Times reported that Friday’s meeting was being held under different circumstances, largely on account of the seven-hour-long video call between Doval and Wang.