Sikkim standoff: NSA Ajit Doval in Beijing for BRICS security meet

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is in Beijing to attend a BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa — security summit amid rising bilateral tensions with China over a protracted border standoff.

Officials were tight-lipped about Doval's expected meeting with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the two-day summit which begins on Thursday.

"No idea," an Indian diplomat responded when contacted on the phone.

If the two officials meet, the standoff between their armies in Doklam in the Sikkim sector is certain to be discussed.

Doval, who reached Beijing on Wednesday, will call on Chinese President Xi Jinping along with