National Security Advisor Ajit Dowal met Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Ji in Beijing and emphasized the need to counter terrorism in all his forms and expressions to maintain overall peace and stability in the region.
It comes after a four-day military confrontation between India and Pakistan on 7-10 May after a month and a half, which was caused by the Pahalgam terror attack on 22 April.
China condemned the terrorist attack, but was also found to supply arms to Pakistan in its small struggle with India.
The Ministry of External Affairs said, “In a statement,” On 23 June 2025, Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor, Wang Yi, Member, met with the political bureau (CPC) of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the political bureau of the Foreign Minister in Beijing. NSA Dawl SCO is visiting China to attend the 20th meeting of the Security Council Secretary. “
During the meeting, Mea said, “The two sides reviewed recent developments in India-China bilateral relations and underlined the need to promote the overall development of India-China bilateral relations, including promoting more and more people.”
It said that “NSA also emphasized the need to counter terrorism in all its forms and expressions to maintain overall peace and stability in the region.”
“Thoughts were also exchanged on global issues of other bilateral, regional and mutual interest,” it said.
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It said that the NSA mentioned that he was eager to meet Wang Yi in India on a convenient convenient date for the 24th round of the Special Representative (SR) talks.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh is also likely to travel to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting. Singh is likely to travel to Kingdo from 25 June to 27 June.
This is his first meeting with their Chinese counterparts engaged in a military conflict in May this year since India and Pakistan.
Both Defense Minister and NSA level meetings will also see participation from Pakistan. Therefore, while Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khwaja Asif is expected, Pakistan’s NSA and DG ISIS, Lieutenant General Asim Malik are also expected to join.
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China is the host of the SCO leaders summit in Tianjin, and these meetings are preparing for the meeting of leaders to be hosted by President Xi Jinping. It comes in terms of repairing bilateral relations that moved south after Chinese infiltration in 2020, leading to a military deadlock with the line of real control in eastern Ladakh.
Dowal traveled to Beijing in December last year when India and China agreed to a set of “six general consensus”, including Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, Trans-Border River Cooperation and Nathula border trade resumption.
It was announced by both sides after negotiations between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, which is also a special representative (SRS).
This was the first meeting of SRS since the India-China border areas were friction in the western region in 2020. Both sides have monitored the implementation of the October 2024 disruption agreement, resulting in patrolling and grazing in the border areas.
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The SRS meeting was held on 21 October after two months of a border patrolling, after which there was a meeting between PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sideline of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia on 23 October. Sources have been told that the construction of soldiers from both sides.
Travel (T) Indian Express
