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China should avoid viewing ties with India through lens of 3rd country, says S Jaishankar

The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Dushanbe on Thursday to exchange views on the current situation in the region and agreed that military and diplomatic officials from both sides should meet again as soon as possible to discuss resolving the remaining issues.

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New Delhi, First Published Sep 17, 2021, 1:16 PM IST

S Jaishankar, India's External Affairs Minister, has told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that the two countries should work together to resolve the remaining issues along the LAC in eastern Ladakh as soon as possible, and that China should avoid viewing its relations with India through the lens of a third country. The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Dushanbe on Thursday to exchange views on the current situation in the region and agreed that military and diplomatic officials from both sides should meet again as soon as possible to discuss resolving the remaining issues.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Jaishankar further reminded Wang that India had never adhered to any "clash of civilisations thesis" and that Asian solidarity will be based on the example given by India-China ties (MEA). According to the report, he also stated that the two sides must develop a relationship based on "mutual respect," and that China must avoid seeing its relations with India through the lens of its connections with third nations.

 

According to reports, the two sides also discussed events in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of the nation. The two ministers discussed the present situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and global events, according to a statement released by the MEA on Friday. It stated that Jaishankar emphasised the need to make progress in resolving outstanding problems to restore peace and tranquilly along the LAC in eastern Ladakh. Such an atmosphere in the border areas has been a vital foundation for bilateral ties growth.

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According to the MEA, both sides agreed at the previous meeting that prolonging the current scenario was not in either side's best interests because it was negatively damaging the partnership. "As a result, the EAM emphasised that the two parties should cooperate to resolve the outstanding concerns along the LAC in eastern Ladakh as soon as possible, while completely following by bilateral agreements and procedures," the MEA stated. "Since their previous meeting on July 14, the two parties have made considerable progress in resolving the outstanding concerns along the LAC in eastern Ladakh and have completed the disengagement in the Gogra region," the statement added.

There were, however, some unresolved concerns that needed to be addressed," it stated. On the margins of another SCO summit in Dushanbe on July 14, the two presidents had a bilateral meeting.

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Following a violent confrontation in the Pangong lake area, a border standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers occurred on May 5 last year. Both sides steadily increased their deployment by deploying tens of thousands of troops and heavy equipment. Last month, the two parties concluded the disengagement process in the Gogra area after a series of military and diplomatic discussions. According to an agreement on disengagement, the two sides completed the evacuation of soldiers and weaponry from the north and south banks of the Pangong lake in February. In the sensitive region of the LAC, each side has between 50,000 and 60,000 troops.

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