China and India should shed suspicions and create “enabling conditions” by expanding bilateral cooperation to resolve the border standoff, ...
China and India should shed suspicions and create “enabling conditions” by expanding bilateral cooperation to resolve the border standoff, Beijing said on Sunday, PTI reported.
“The two sides need to help each other to succeed instead of undercutting each other,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. “We should intensify cooperation instead of harbouring suspicion at each other.”
Speaking on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, Wang said the two countries should “get along and pursue development and rejuvenation together”, when asked about the ongoing disengagement along the Line of Actual Control, The Hindu reported.
“The rights and wrongs of what happened in the border area last year are clear, so are the stakes involved,” Wang said. “It again proves that initiating confrontation will not solve the problem. Returning to peaceful negotiation is the right way forward. It is important that the two sides manage disputes properly and at the same time expand and enhance cooperation to create enabling conditions for the settlement of the issue.”
The Chinese minister’s comments came days after he and India’s Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar agreed over a telephone call that the two countries should “quickly resolve the remaining issues” in the eastern Ladakh region, following disengagement of troops in Pangong Lake area. Last week,...
