Doval arrives in Beijing amid Sikkim standoff

Amid the Sikkim standoff, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval arrived here today to attend BRICS top security officials meeting during which he is expected to hold talks with China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi to resolve the issue.

Doval arrived here to take part in the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) NSAs meeting in Beijing which is due to take place on July 27-28. His visit has raised expectations about the likelihood of India and China finding a way-out of the over a



month-long standoff at Doklam area in Sikkim sector.

As per the official programme, Doval will also call on Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday along with fellow top security officials of the BRICS countries. The group of NSAs would call on the Chinese President for an interaction on security issues relating to BRICS countries. 

The BRICS NSAs meeting is being hosted by Yang. Both Doval and Yang are Special Representatives of the India-China border mechanism.