India's Diplomatic Balancing Act: Beijing Talks, Washington Trade Deal, and Gulf FTA

NSA Ajit Doval touched down in Beijing on Monday for the 25th round of Special Representatives talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, marking the highest-level border dialogue since the deadly 2020 clash. The two-day visit, at Wang's invitation, comes as both sides seek to "institutionalise stability" along the 3,488-km Himalayan frontier and ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's expected trip to India for next month's BRICS summit.

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