Ash Jaishankar
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has given a big statement regarding India’s relations with China. He said on Saturday that an agreement has been reached with China regarding patrolling on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). However, this does not mean that the issues between the two countries have been resolved. He said the withdrawal of troops has provided an opportunity to consider the next step, but the issues have not been completely resolved. He credited the military, which worked under “very unimaginable” circumstances, for the agreement.
Jaishankar said at an event in Pune, “Under the agreement reached on October 21 (withdrawal of troops), patrolling will be done in Depsang and Demchok. With this we will now be able to consider the next step. It is not that everything has been resolved, but the first phase of withdrawal of troops is there and we have been successful in reaching that stage.
it will take time to work together
Responding to a question during his interaction with students here, the External Affairs Minister said it will still take time to normalize relations. He said it will naturally take time to rebuild trust and work together. He said when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kazan, Russia for the BRICS summit, it was decided that the foreign ministers and national security advisors of the two countries would meet and see how to move forward.
Benefit from sticking to your word
Jaishankar said, “If we have reached here today, it is because we have made a very determined effort to stand our ground and make our point.” The Army was present there (at the LAC) in very unimaginable circumstances to protect the country and the Army did its job and diplomacy also did its job.” He said India has improved its infrastructure in the last decade. . He said one of the problems was that the border infrastructure was virtually neglected in earlier years. “Today we are devoting five times more resources per year than we did a decade ago, which is yielding results and enabling the Army to deploy truly effectively,” Jaishankar said.
India-China looking for solution since September 2020
A few days ago, an agreement was reached between India and China regarding withdrawal of troops and patrolling along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, which is a major success towards ending the standoff that has been going on for more than four years. In June 2020, relations were strained after a fierce clash between the soldiers of the two countries in the Galwan Valley. It was the most serious military conflict between the two sides in the last few decades. He said that since September 2020, India was in talks with China to find a solution. The Foreign Minister said that this solution has various aspects. He said that the most important thing is that the soldiers have to retreat, because they are very close to each other and there was a possibility of something happening.
Patrolling will happen like before
“After this, the big issue is how do you manage the border and how do you negotiate the border agreement,” he said. Whatever is happening now is related to the first phase, which is the withdrawal of troops.” The External Affairs Minister said that India and China agreed at some places on how the troops will return to their bases after 2020. , but one important point was related to patrolling. Jaishankar said, “Patrolling was being disrupted and we were trying to negotiate on this for the last two years. So what happened on October 21 was that in those particular areas Demchok and Depsang we came to an understanding that patrolling would resume the way it used to be before.” (Input- PTI language)
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