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India-China border dispute: Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, who arrived in Tokyo to attend the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting, said that India’s relations with China are not good. “We are not looking at other countries to solve the real issue between India and China,” Jaishankar said in response to several questions at a press conference in Tokyo.
India-China border dispute.
Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday (July 29) ruled out any third-party intervention in the India-China border dispute, saying the issue between the two neighbouring countries is for the two countries to resolve among themselves. Jaishankar, who arrived in Tokyo to attend the meeting of the Quad group of foreign ministers, also said that India’s relations with China are not good. Responding to several questions at a press conference in Tokyo, Jaishankar said, “We are not looking at other countries to resolve the real issue between India and China.” According to PTI, the Foreign Minister said, “There is a problem between us, or I would like to say there is an issue between India and China… I think both of us should talk about it and find a solution.” “Obviously, other countries in the world will also be interested in this matter because we are two big countries and the state of our relations has an impact on the rest of the world. But we are not looking at other countries to resolve the real issue between us,” he said, recalling his two meetings with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi this month.
Jaishankar and Wang met last week in the Laos capital, where they attended meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). During the meeting, they agreed on the need to provide strong guidance to complete the process of disengagement of troops after the military standoff in eastern Ladakh in May 2020. On July 4, Jaishankar and Wang met in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. “We have our views about China based on our experience,” the minister said.
Mentioned Galwan violence.
“Our relations with China are not going very well. The main reason for this is that during the Covid pandemic in 2020, China deployed a very large number of military forces in the India-China border areas, which was a violation of our agreements with China and this led to tensions, which led to clashes and casualties on both sides,” Jaishankar said, referring to the clashes in the Galwan Valley on June 15, 2020. “Its consequences continue because the issue has not been fully resolved,” he said. He ruled out any third-party role in India’s border dispute with China, saying there is an issue between the two neighbours and they have to resolve it. “We are not looking at other countries to resolve this issue, which is actually between India and China,” Jaishankar said. “We have a problem, or I would say there is an issue between India and China… I think both of us should talk about it and find a solution,” the foreign minister said. “Obviously, other countries in the world will also be interested in this matter because we are two big countries and the state of our relations has an impact on the rest of the world. But we are not looking to other countries to resolve the issue between us,” he said, recalling his two meetings with the Chinese foreign minister this month.
Jaishankar’s remarks come amid the border dispute in eastern Ladakh, which entered its fifth year in May. Tensions have persisted between the armies of India and China since May 2020. The border dispute has not yet been fully resolved. However, both sides have retreated from several confrontation points. Relations between the two countries deteriorated significantly after the fierce clash in the Galwan Valley in June 2020, which was the most serious military conflict between the two sides in decades.
