NEW DELHI: India has warned China that the expectation that the tense situation between both countries at the border can be brushed aside and life returns to normal, is simply not realistic.These.
Posted on January 27th, 2021
MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent Courtesy Nikkei Asia With eyes on growing Chinese influence, New Delhi ensures its interests get priority Port of Colombo in 2019: Sri Lanka and India recently agreed on terms for developing the port’s Eastern Container Terminal with Indian company Adani Group. (Photo by Yuji Kuronuma)
BANGKOK Sri Lanka’s hawkish President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has caved in to Indian pressure for a stake in the Port of Colombo, the busiest harbor in the strategically located South Asian island where China already has a foothold.
Rajapaksa’s retreat came on the heels of a visit earlier this month by Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to India’s smaller southern neighbor, where he laid down unequivocal terms for Indian-backed development of a container jetty in the port. The Sri Lankan government has given the nod after taking into account “regional geopoliti
Border situation cannot be brushed aside : India warns China
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Chinese and Indian troops at a border region between the two countries. AFP
India has warned China that the expectation that the tense situation between both countries at the border can be brushed aside and life returns to normal, is simply not realistic.
These words were said by Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who provided eight broad points that if implemented, could improve relations between India and China.
The Indian minister was speaking at an online conference on India-China ties were he said that any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo will be completely unacceptable .
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