MEA briefs Parl panel on China, Pak ties ahead of J&K, Ladakh tour

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Shashi Tharoor, received a briefing from the MEA on India-China and India-Pakistan relations ahead of its official visit to Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from June 22 to 25.

Ahead of its visit to Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs was briefed by representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs on India-China relations with special reference to the border and also about the recent developments in India-Pakistan relations. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri was present at the pre-departure briefing held on Friday.

Pre-orientation Briefing for J-K, Ladakh Tour

Chairperson of the Standing Committee, Shashi Tharoor, said after the meeting that they will also get briefings in Srinagar and Jammu. "This was a pre-orientation briefing because the committee is going on a tour of J-K and Ladkah - Jammu, Srinagar, Leh and Kagil, and the Foreign Secretary was briefing us on both the Indo-Pakistan issue and Inda-China issues... We are going to the LoC lookout point in Kargil and we will get briefings from the military on the ground there, so we got the MEA briefing here. We will get briefings in Srinagar and Jammu," he said.

Agenda and Attendees

The meeting was attended, among others, by BJP MPs Arun Govil, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Sudhanshu Trivedi, as well as AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi. The agenda of the meeting was 'Understanding India-China Relations and the way forward with special reference to the Indo-China border' and 'recent developments in India-Pakistan relations with special reference to the India-Pakistan border'.

The committee will be in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from June 22 to 25.

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