Chinese President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that Beijing had “no intention to fight either a cold war ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that Beijing had “no intention to fight either a cold war or a hot one with any country,” PTI reported. Without taking names, Xi said China would continue to resolve disputes through negotiation.
“We will continue to narrow differences and resolve disputes with others through dialogue and negotiation,” Xi said in a pre-recorded video statement to the annual gathering of world leaders, conducted virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We will never seek hegemony, expansion, or sphere of influence. We have no intention to fight either a cold war or a hot war with any country.”
The president’s remarks came in the backdrop of heightened military tensions between India and China in the border areas.Troops of both have been involved in a stand-off at multiple points in eastern Ladakh since May. The lowest point in the crisis was when 20 Indian soldiers and an unidentified number of Chinese personnel were killed in a violent face-off at Galwan valley on June 15.
Both sides have accused the other of fresh provocations, including allegations of soldiers crossing into each other’s territory in the months after their deadliest standoff in decades. Several rounds of military level...
