Two months after they met for the first time, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang held talks in Goa Thursday. Jaishankar said the focus of the meeting was on “resolving outstanding issues” and “ensuring peace and tranquillity in the border areas”. The meeting assumes significance given the military standoff between India and China along the Line of Actual Control — it began exactly three years ago. Jaishankar also met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and they went for a “comprehensive review” of “bilateral, global and multilateral cooperation”. These meetings took place ahead...