External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on reflecting his thoughts on India-China relationship, that the history of the ties between the two countries has been difficult. The EAM’s remarks came following addressing the Asia Society at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York on Tuesday.
He also recalled the clash between the Indian and Chinese troops during the COVID-19 period, underlining the China’s violation of agreements to the line of actual control (LAC). He emphasized on how the deployment of Chinese troops was increased in the border areas which led to the clash between the soldiers of both the countries.
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Jaishankar said, ‘We have a difficult history with China. We saw in the middle of COVID that the Chinese moved large number of forces in violation of these agreements to the line of actual control (LAC)’. He further said, ‘This incident of clash on India-border has overshadowed the bilateral relationship and the challenges between the two countries still persist, particularly over the border patrolling rights’.
Jaishankar also clarified that earlier when he said that 75 % of dispute between the two countries had been sorted out, he was only talking about the disengagement part. He also added that it was one part of the problem and that many other issues still need to be resolved.
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‘It was likely a mishap would happen, and it did. Eventually, there was a clash, and a number of troops died on either side. When I said 75% of it has been sorted out, it’s only of the disengagement. So, that’s one part of the problem. So we’ve been able to sort out much of the disengagement but some of the patrolling issues need to be resolved and the next step will be de-escalation’, he added. He highlighted the importance of de-escalation of issues in order to bring peace in the border regions.
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