Beijing: India and China should help each other succeed as an alternative of undercutting each other and intensify cooperation as an alternative of harboring suspicion at each other, the Chinese Foreign Ministry mentioned on Sunday (March 7).
“China and India are each other’s friends and partners, not threats or rivals. The two sides need to help each other succeed instead of undercutting each other; we should intensify cooperation instead of harboring suspicion at each other,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying wrote in a tweet.
#China and #India are each other’s associates and companions, not threats or rivals. The two sides have to help each other succeed as an alternative of undercutting each other; we should intensify cooperation as an alternative of harboring suspicion at each other.
— Hua Chunying 华春莹 (@SpokespersonCHN) March 7, 2021
“The China-India relationship is essentially about how the world’s two largest developing countries get along and pursue development and rejuvenation together,” Chunying mentioned.
The spokesperson additional mentioned that the confrontation won’t remedy the issue between the 2 international locations and returning to peaceable negotiation is the appropriate manner ahead.
In a tweet, the spokesperson mentioned, “What happened again proves that initiating confrontation will not solve the problem, and that returning to peaceful negotiation is the right way forward.”
What occurred once more proves that initiating #confrontation won’t remedy the issue, and that returning to peaceable #negotiation is the appropriate manner ahead.
— Hua Chunying 华春莹 (@SpokespersonCHN) March 7, 2021
Earlier at this time, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi mentioned the 2 international locations have to develop and improve cooperation to create enabling situations for the settlement of the border dispute.
On Friday, Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri met Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui in Beijing, who was the Chinese envoy to India in the course of the Doklam disaster, and emphasised the significance of finishing the disengagement of troops from the remaining areas in jap Ladakh, saying it could help restore peace and tranquillity on the border and supply situations for progress in bilateral ties.
India and China had a stand-off alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) since April-May final 12 months resulting from actions of the Chinese Army and the disengagement course of was reached after a number of rounds of army and diplomatic talks.
Earlier in February after the completion of disengagement within the Pangong Lake space, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasised that each side should now rapidly resolve the remaining points alongside the LAC in Eastern Ladakh.
Jaishankar mentioned that after disengagement is accomplished in any respect friction factors, then the 2 sides may additionally take a look at broader de-escalation of troops within the space and work in the direction of the restoration of peace and tranquillity.
