India and China are all set to resume defence dialogue. It had suffered a setback after Beijing had denied a visa to an army commander based in Jammu and Kashmir. Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said in New Delhi, the two sides will soon resume the fourth round of defence secretary level talks. He said all the issues have been sorted out between both the governments. He also informed that Chinese defence secretary was willing to visit New Delhi and hold the defence dialogue in the first week of June. Chinese Defence Secretary Ma Xiaotian would be visiting Sri Lanka in June and has expressed his desire to visit India thereafter.AIR correspondent reports, India had called off defence exchanges in July last year after China refused visa to Lt Gen B S Jaswal, who was Northern Army commander, on the ground that he came from sensitive Jammu and Kashmir.
Courtesy : AIR
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