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Friday, 29 March 2024 2.32 PM IST

Hope that China would follow independent policy on India, border issues key for ties to move forward: Jaishankar after meeting with Chinese minister

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NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday said that situation with China is a work in progress, which is at a slower pace than desirable. He was speaking to the media after holding talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi for about three hours.

He suggested that relations between the two countries were yet to be normalised. India has earlier stressed the need for "early and complete disengagement" in border areas for Indo-China ties to move forward.


"The impact of the tension at the border areas on the overall relationship has been visible in the last two years. This is only natural since peace and tranquillity at the border areas have been the foundation of stable and cooperative ties. Indeed we have agreements designed to strengthen these foundations and prevent the kind of situation that we are seeing today," he added.

This is the first interaction at the topmost level ever since the clashes between the two sides at the Galwan Valley in the summer of 2020.


Both countries have held several rounds of border talks to resolve the standoff.

Jaishankar said he conveyed that India hopes that China would follow an independent policy in respect to New Delhi and will not allow its policies to be influenced by other countries.


"Did the issue of what Minister Wang Yi said at the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) Conference come up? Yes, it did. I referred to it. I explained to him, why we found that statement objectionable. It was a subject discussed at some length. There was a larger context as well," Jaishankar told the media.

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