In a bid to break the deadlock in Ladakh, Indian defense minister
According to people familiar with Moscow and Delhi's developments, the meeting was arranged at the behest of both sides mutually to find a way out of the current stalemate in Ladakh with both the Indian Army and PLA deployed in full strength to counter each other. That the
The meeting between two defense ministers is crucial as Rajnath Singh is number two in the Narendra Modi government. A former BJP president, Gen Wei, a former missile force commander, is a state councilor and member of the all-powerful Central Military Commission. The CMC, headed by chairman President Xi Jinping, controls the PLA.with the President as commander-in-chief.
After this meeting, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the same Moscow platform on September 10.