Daily Times

Top Indian and Chinese diplomats met in Beijing amid increased tensions over New Delhi’s move to change the legal status of Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), part of which China claims as its own. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Beijing on Monday that China hopes India will “play a constructive role in regional peace and stability”. Xinhua cited Jaishankar as saying India would “abide by the consensus reached with China on maintaining peace in the border and continue to work with China to properly solve the border issue through consultations”. Pakistan is seeking Chinese support in opening a United Nations inquiry into India’s revocation last week of Kashmir’s statehood, splitting it into two federal territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.