India announced Monday that its foreign minister will visit China this week as local media reported the two Asian giants have agreed to end a three-week stand-off over their disputed Himalayan border.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will hold discussions in Beijing on Thursday, an Indian foreign ministry statement said. The trip comes ahead of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s scheduled visit to India later this month.
The crisis began when New Delhi accused Chinese troops of crossing the de facto border between the countries and infiltrating into Indian territory on April 15. About 50 Chinese soldiers pitched tents and were camping in Depsang valley in the Ladakh region of eastern Kashmir, according to India.
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Nirmala George, Associated Press via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/FFTaAsh8zCU/
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