Question : INDO-SINO FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET



(a) whether he met his Chinese counterpart in New York recently;

(b) if so, the issues discussed; and

(c) the outcome thereof?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANT SINGH)

(a): Yes, Sir. EAM met the Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan in New York on November 12, 2001.

(b)-(c): The two Foreign Ministers discussed bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest including the forthcoming visit of the Chinese Premier, cooperation against terrorism, further clarification of the Line of Actual Control and the situation in Afghanistan.