India briefs envoys of Nordic & Baltic countries on LAC situation with China
Nordic and Baltic envoys with secy (extreme right) and secy (west), MEA
India has briefed envoys of Nordic and Baltic countries in Delhi on the current situation with China,as theLine of Actual Control remains tensedue to Chinese presence.India, China ties have gone southward since May after the Chinese side tried to change the "patrolling pattern" at LAC, followed by Galwan incident in June in which India lost 20 of its soldiers.
During the meeting that happened on Monday, Secretary (Economic Relation) Rahul Chhabra and Secretary (West) Vikas Swarup were present, with the key focus onthe further development of economic ties.
Nordic countries consist of countries of Northern Europe -- Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden while Baltic countries consist of countries bordering Baltic sea--Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
In 2018, the first India-Nordic summit happened in Sweden, with plans underway to host the 2nd India Nordic summit in Denmark. VicePresident had visited all 3 Baltic countries in 2019 as part of New Delhi's reach out.
Ministry of the external affair has been meeting envoys of various groupings, and in the past, a meet with ASEAN envoy happened.