Doklam stand-off +

Doklam issue +

NEW DELHI: India on Friday said it continues to engage with China diplomatically and has been coordinating with Bhutan to find a mutually-acceptable solution to the"We continue to engage with China through diplomatic channels to find a mutually acceptable solution," external affairs ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said.Asked about China's claim of India reducing its troops from 400 to 40 in Doklam, he refused to give a direct reply calling it an operational matter.Our objective is to achieve peace and tranquillity and it will be achieved through diplomacy, Baglay said.He also said that India has been in continuous coordination and consultation with Bhutan on theOn the issue of China stalling the move to list JeM's Masood Azhar a global terrorist by the UN, India on Friday hoped that countries sharing its concerns over international terrorism would cooperate in fighting all forms of terror. Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Azhar had been involved in carrying out terror activities against India and this was a well-known fact, said Baglay."We can only hope that all these countries which share our concerns regarding the menace of international terrorism will cooperate in fighting all forms of terrorism," he said.He was replying to a question on China once again extending by three months its technical hold on the US, France and UK-backed proposal to designate Azhar a global terrorist by the UN.Earlier, China had in February this year blocked the US move to include the Pathankot terror attack mastermind in the list of global terrorists.