Jammu, Sept. 24 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday called the India-China border faceoff an "unprecedented situation".

Speaking at the World Economic Forum Development Impact Summit, Jaishankar said that the months-long border standoff between India and China is "one facet of a larger phenomenon for which both have to sit down and find a solution".

These were the external affairs minister's first public comments on the India-China border tensions since his meeting with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in Moscow earlier this month.

The two foreign ministers had met in Moscow in early September on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting hosted by Russia.

During the meeting, India and China agre...