China India Relations: China-India relations are passing through a critical period. When NSA Ajit Doval returned from China on Thursday, it was discussed from China’s Foreign Ministry to its newspapers and universities. Obviously this trip was being monitored on a large scale in China and it must have made efforts to make it successful. China said on Thursday that the details of the talks released by both countries after the talks “are very similar.” These highlight our broad consensus. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a media briefing that Special Representatives Wang and Doval held “concrete talks” and reached a six-point “consensus” for the settlement of the China-India border dispute in a “positive and constructive stance.” “Arrived at.
Lin Jian further said, “The substance and content of the statements of both sides are largely the same.” It is important for both the countries to focus on development in the talks. Also, there was discussion on keeping the border dispute appropriately in bilateral relations, jointly maintaining peace in the border areas and making efforts to improve China-India relations and to improve the relations soon.
understand the importance of the meeting
Doval’s visit was considered important in China. This was the first structured dialogue between the two countries after more than four years of deadlock in relations due to the military standoff in eastern Ladakh. Special Representative (SR) level talks began in 2003 to comprehensively address the complex dispute along the India-China border spanning 3,488 km. Wednesday’s meeting was held after a gap of five years and was the 23rd meeting.
Professor Long Xingchun’s perspective
Commenting on the talks, Professor Long Xingchun of the School of International Relations at Sichuan International Studies University said the resumption of the special representatives’ meeting sends a signal that both sides are willing and confident of resolving the border dispute through peaceful negotiations. Are. Long told the Global Times that the meeting is beneficial in promoting mutual trust between the two countries and contributes to maintaining peace in the border areas.
Qian Feng has this hope
Qian Feng, director of the research department at the National Strategy Institute of Tsinghua University, said a special representatives’ meeting between PM Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping was held immediately after the Kazan meeting, which shows that both sides are actively trying to resolve the border issue. and working to restore mutual trust. Qian said this is a positive sign. He said the meeting of the Special Representatives is not only an important forum agreed upon by both sides to discuss the solution to the border issue, but also a forum for the heads of diplomatic and security affairs of both sides to engage in direct communication. “Therefore, this meeting is also expected to deepen the common interests between the two countries and lay the foundation for further cooperation in many areas,” Qian said.
Wang Shida, a researcher at the Institute for South Asian Studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, said that peace on the border between China and India serves the interests of both countries. “There are more than 1.4 billion people living in each country, so development should be the biggest common factor between the two neighbors,” Wang told the state-run China Daily. He said that resumption of talks is important to highlight the possibilities of cooperation in various fields.
understand the six-point consensus
The six-point consensus outlined by Lin included a positive assessment of the October 21 resolution to end the more than four-year-long military standoff in eastern Ladakh and an affirmation of the need to continue implementing the agreement. Other points include continuing to take measures to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas, appropriately handling the border dispute in the context of overall bilateral relations without affecting the development of bilateral relations, and promoting the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations. There was general consensus about. Reaffirming their commitment to continue to seek and take active measures to seek a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution to the border dispute in accordance with the political parameters and guiding principles agreed by the Special Representatives of the two countries in 2005 takes this process forward. Both sides assessed the border situation and agreed to further refine management rules for border areas, strengthen confidence-building measures and achieve lasting peace along the border. They will continue to enhance cross-border communication and cooperation. Agreed to further strengthen the Special Representatives meeting mechanism and hold a new round of Special Representatives talks in India next year.
