China’s Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said that the clashes between the soldiers of the two countries in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley in June ...
China’s Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said that the clashes between the soldiers of the two countries in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley in June was an “unfortunate incident”.
“Not long ago, an unfortunate incident happened in the border areas that neither China nor India would like to see,” the ambassador said at the China-India youth webinar. “Now we are working to handle it properly.” The ambassador made the remark during a webinar on August 18, but the transcript of his speech was released by the Chinese embassy on Tuesday.
The ambassador said that China considers India to be its partner and not a rival. “We hope to put the boundary question at an appropriate place in bilateral relations, properly handle differences through dialogue and consultation, and push bilateral relations back on track at an early date.”
Sun gave three explanations to highlight that China’s foreign policy towards India remained unchanged. “The first one is that the basic national conditions of China and India as the two largest neighbouring developing countries remain unchanged,” he said. “China and India have been neighbours for generations that cannot be moved away.”
“Second, the orientation of China and India as partners, friendly cooperation and common development remain unchanged,” the ambassador said. “Third, the general structure...
