Indian FM in China as tensions with Pakistan flare

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and China's Vice President Wang Qishan in Beijing on Monday.

Jaishankar's three-day trip to China coincides with heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, after New Delhi revoked the disputed territory of Kashmir's special status. 

According to Indian broadcaster ANI, Jaishankar and his counterpart Wang Yi discussed "strengthening bilateral ties" during the meeting.

Jaishankar's three-day visit to China comes just after Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visited Beijing to discuss the Kashmir issue.

China has said it opposed India's decision to revoke Kashmir's special status and that New Delhi needed to be cautious on border issues.

Indian troops applied tight restrictions on mosques across Kashmir for Monday's Eid al-Adha, fearing anti-government protests over the stripping of the Muslim-majority region's autonomy, according to residents.

The Himalayan region's biggest mosque, the Jama Masjid, was ordered closed and people were only allowed to pray in smaller local mosques so that no big crowds could gather, witnesses said.

Kashmir has been in a security lockdown for eight days as the Hindu nationalist government in New Delhi seeks to snuff out opposition to its move to impose tighter central control over the region.

Internet and phone communications have been cut and tens of thousands of troop reinforcements have flooded the main city of Srinagar and other Kashmir Valley towns and villages.

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