In the first high-level joint declaration between India & China since the Ladakh stand-off began, External Affairs minister S. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi issued a 5-point joint declaration after their talks in Moscow. In episode 565 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta going point by point to tell you what we surely know about the crisis, what is safe to infer and what we might guess China’s motivations to be.

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----more----Read the 5-point declaration here:  https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/32962/Joint_Press_Statement__Meeting_of_External_Affairs_Minister_and_the_Foreign_Minister_of_China_September_10_2020