S Jaishankar: According to Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, the situation between India and China in the Ladakh region of the western Himalayas is unstable and dangerous, with armed units stationed near to one another in some areas. When the two sides clashed in the area in the middle of 2020, at least 24 troops were killed, but the conflict has since subsided thanks to several rounds of diplomatic and military negotiations.
India-China relations cannot return to normal unless the border dispute is settled
In December, violence broke out in the eastern part of the unmarked boundary between the two nuclear-armed Asian superpowers, but no one was killed. In some areas, our deployments are quite close together and, according to military assessments, are thus quite risky, Jaishankar said at an India Today summit. “The situation, in my opinion, still remains very unstable,” he added. According to him, India-China relations cannot return to normal unless the border dispute is settled in accordance with the in-principle agreement he struck with his Chinese counterpart in September 2020.
New Delhi could make the G20 more faithful
On the fringes of a G20 summit hosted by India this month, Jaishankar claimed he spoke with Qin Gang, China’s new foreign minister, about the predicament. Jaishankar expressed optimism that New Delhi could make the G20 more faithful to its global purpose during India’s G20 chairmanship this year. “The G20 should not be a forum or debating club for exclusively the industrialised north. There is a need to include all global issues. We have previously made that point quite forcefully,” Jaishankar added.
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