{"id":281960,"date":"2026-04-30T00:02:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=281960"},"modified":"2026-04-30T00:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:32:53","slug":"step-towards-right-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/step-towards-right-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Step towards right direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chinese and Indian defence delegations have met even as the recent row over the renaming of several places in Arunachal Pradesh and the establishment of border villages threatens to further strain relations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bishkek hosted Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and China&#8217;s Admiral Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers&#8217; conclave, with discussions focusing on peace and tranquility along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and broader regional security concerns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet is important given the current escalating geopolitical situation resulting from the US-Iran conflict and the need for regional cooperation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting is particularly significant for India and China as they continue efforts to stabilise ties and take tentative steps towards improving their relationship, which has faced repeated challenges along the border, especially over the past six years following the Galwan clashes that resulted in casualties on both sides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the past, the SCO annual meet has provided opportunities for both countries to engage in dialogue, including interactions between the leaders of the two nations last year. While the outcomes remain uncertain, the talks are a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese and Indian defence delegations have met even as the recent row over the renaming of several places in Arunachal Pradesh and the establishment of border villages threatens to further strain relations. Bishkek hosted Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and China&#8217;s Admiral Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-281960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-editorial"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281961,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281960\/revisions\/281961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}