India engaging with China through diplomatic, military channels: Shringla

India is engaging with China through diplomatic and military channels, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Monday, asserting that if there is no communication with that country, then the Sino-India border situation would be much worse.

He made the remarks while talking about diplomacy in times of the Covid-19 pandemic at a webinar organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Shringla said that diplomacy is looking at a very changed scenario in terms of how statecraft and relations between countries work in the wake of the pandemic.

"Countries do need to communicate. You cannot stop communications because otherwise the other