Pakistani envoy Basit meets Chinese, Bhutanese Ambassadors to India: Doklam discussed

Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit met Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui and Bhutan's Ambassador to India Vetsop Namgyel on two different occasions. The focus of the meetings were the current border stand-off at the India-Bhutan-China tri-junction.

The meetings come at a time when Beijing is aggressively engaging the international community in order to set a narrative that suits their agenda. Pakistan is now trying to leverage that crisis by going forward and engaging China and Bhutan in New Delhi.

Indian administration is keenly monitoring the Chinese envoy's engagements here and also the worrying development of the Pakistani High Commissioner meeting the envoys of the two nations.

While some diplomats have tried to play down the meeting by calling it a 'regular' affair, India Today has learnt that Doklam crisis and the position of China and Bhutan were discussed during the meetings. This even as the border stand-off continues with China setting preconditions of 'withdrawal' of Indian troops and with India also taking a firm stand that both sides should pull back.