India, China Flag Meeting Remain Inconclusive

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The Chinese military has the world's second largest defence budget of USD 152 billion next to the US military. (Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: AP/File)

In the Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) attended by Major General rank officers from both sides, India insisted that the face-off could be resolved through simultaneous withdrawal of troops by the Indian and Chinese sides, they said. Friday's deliberations follow a meeting between brigade commanders of the two sides on August 8.(Image: PTI/File)

New Delhi: Senior army officials from India and China held a flag meeting at Nathu La mountain pass in Sikkim and extensively discussed the Dokalam standoff but the "deliberations remained inconclusive", sources said. (Image: PTI/File)