"Ties With China Not Very Normal Because...": Minister S Jaishankar
NDTV
S Jaishankar said India has challenges on its borders, which intensified during the Covid period.
India will not agree to any attempt to change the Line of Actual Control (LAC) unilaterally by China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, as he underlined that New Delhi's relations with Beijing are "not normal" and there would be no compromise on core issues.
Addressing the Indian community in Cyprus on Friday during his first official visit to this Mediterranean country, Mr Jaishankar, in a veiled attack on Pakistan, also said that terrorism cannot be used as a tool to force India to the negotiating table.
Mr Jaishankar said India has challenges on its borders, which intensified during the Covid period.
"Today the state of our relations with China is not very normal because we will never agree to any attempt to change the Line of Actual Control unilaterally," he said.
