Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava on Thursday said India and China would continue the ongoing talks to arrive at ...
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava on Thursday said India and China would continue the ongoing talks to arrive at a “mutually agreeable solution” to the months-long military standoff along their de facto border in Ladakh. He said there was “no connection between this matter and any extraneous issues” like the 2+2 dialogue between India and the United States.
At the 2+2 dialogue, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had stepped up the Donald Trump administration’s anti-China message and said his country will stand with India in its efforts to guard its sovereignty and liberty. “Our leaders and citizens see with increasing clarity that [the] Chinese Communist Party is no friend to democracy, rule of law and transparency,” he had said.
Pompeo also paid tribute to the 20 Indian soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley clash between India and China in June, which sparked off the bitter standoff between the countries.
China responded immediately, calling out the third party intervention in a bilateral matter. Beijing said that China and India “have the wisdom and ability” to handle their differences properly and that there is “no space for a third party to intervene”.
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