BEIJING/NEW DELHI: China and India said on Friday they had agreed to de-escalate renewed tensions on their contested Himalayan border and take steps to restore “peace and tranquillity” following a high-level diplomatic meeting in Moscow. Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi and Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar met in Moscow on Thursday and reached a five-point consensus, including pacts that troops from both sides should quickly disengage and ease tensions, the two countries said in a joint statement.The consensus, struck on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting, came after a confrontation in the border area in the western Himalayas earlier this week. The two foreign ministers agreed that the current situation in the border areas is not in the interest of either side. China and India accused each other of firing into the air during the confrontation, a violation of long-held protocol not to use firearms on the sensitive frontier. Wang told Jaishankar the “imperative is to immediately stop provocations such as firing and actions that violate the commitments made by the two sides”. — Reuters
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