India, China discuss terror; no word on Masood Azhar

India and China have agreed to maintain the pace of their high-level exchanges in counter- terrorism and other fields after “friendly and open” discussions between their National Security Advisors.

NSA Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi, state councillor, co-ncluded their discussions in Hyderabad in a “friendly, open and cordial environment”, it was officially stated here on Saturday.

The MEA said their discussions covered a wide agenda spanning bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest. It was Yang’s third visit to India in the last two months. However, there was no official confirmation on whether the two sides discussed contentious issues such as China blocking Indian’s entry into Nuclear Suppliers Group as also stopping Indian efforts to get JeM chief Masood Azhar getting banned by the UN.