India-China relationship depends on 'state of border', says EAM Jaishankar
India Today
The India-China relationship will depend on the state of the border, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.
The India-China relationship will depend on the state of the border, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday.
In a message to China amid the lingering military standoff between the two countries on a number of friction points in eastern Ladakh, Jaishankar said, “Sovereignty and territorial integrity will have to be respected. Initiatives that impact the region must be consultative, not unilateral. Connectivity, in particular, should be transparent, viable and market-based.”
Jaishankar was speaking at the launch of the Asia Society Policy Institute. He said much of the future of Asia depends on how relations between India and China develop in the foreseeable future and that the continent lacks an agreed architecture of any nature.
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"For ties to return to a positive trajectory and remain sustainable, they must be based on the three mutuals: mutual sensitivity, mutual respect and mutual interest," he said.
"Their current status is, of course, well known to all of you. I can only reiterate that the state of the border will determine the state of the relationship," he added.
Indian and Chinese troops have been engaged in a standoff at a number of friction points in eastern Ladakh for over two years.
