International relationsIndia and China discuss border standoff dragging on since 2020
Jaishankar, Wang meet in first high-level contact between two sides in Modi's third term
Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Astana on July 4. (Jaishankar's official X account)
KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer
NEW DELHI -- Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks on Thursday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's summit in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, amid a lingering border standoff between the neighboring Asian giants.