External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said a solution for the continuing tensions along the Line of Actual Control with China...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said a solution for the continuing tensions along the Line of Actual Control with China has to be found through diplomacy, PTI reported. The foreign minister said it was imperative for both the countries to reach an “accommodation” not just for themselves, but the world as well.
His comments came two days after the Ministry of External Affairs accused Chinese troops of taking “provocative actions” along the Line of Actual Control. Both the countries have been engaged in a border confrontation for months in Ladakh. On August 31, the Indian Army had said its soldiers had thwarted similar “provocative” movements by China’s military in the South Bank area of Pangong Lake.
“Our position there [in Ladakh] has been very clear – we have agreements and understandings with China,” Jaishankar said at the launch of his book The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World. “The agreements and understandings must be scrupulously observed by both parties. The reality is what happens at the border will impact the relationship, you cannot separate it.”
Jaishankar said the relationship between India and China has been “difficult” in recent times, but has been “good in many parts” as well. “I made this point a few days earlier in another context, I would say that...
