Jammu, July 4 -- Over the past few days, India has briefed envoys of most major countries, including the EU, Japan, US, France and Germany, and Russia has promised to step up cooperation while stating that it is not interested in acting as a mediator on the border dispute.

"I think that any intervention in such a delicate matter as border disputes is not just inexpedient but can also seriously hurt the efforts Beijing and New Delhi are independently making to find a way out of this situation,'' said a senior Russian official.

At the same time, he underscored that India and China are capable of finding solutions without any mediation from third parties. Significantly, PM Modi had initiated a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Put...