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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's comments assume significance as they come in the backdrop of the lingering border row between India and China.
Wang Yi arrived in India on Thursday evening and is expected to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
This will be second major action against Chinese apps.
Ramachandran Pillai made the remarks during the inauguration of the Kottayam district conference of the CPM.
A video of Chinese army personnel reportedly holding their flag along the India-China border on New Year's Day has gone viral.
The External Affairs minister was speaking at the fifth Indian Ocean Conference - IOC 2021 in Abu Dhabi.
Hotline has lost its early uniqueness as it is now in use at different levels of governments. Earlier the fact that the president or prime minister alone could speak to his or her counterpart on a dedicated phone line and thus settle issues lent the hotline a unique aura.
A total of 20 Indian soldiers died in the Galwan Valley clash on June 15, regarded as the worst in over four decades at the India-China border.
India and China have held a series of diplomatic and military talks to resolve the row that began on May 5, following a violent clash in eastern Ladakh. However, no breakthrough has been achieved to end the standoff.
Interestingly, sources in the intelligence agencies flagged that Nepal has refrained itself from going ahead with the border talks with China since 2005 as the Nepali government does not want to offend China by reclaiming their land.