Need ‘far-seeing’ lens on ties: EAM to China

India and China must build on “good progress” in normalising their relations by addressing issues related to the border, including deescalation, and avoid “restrictive trade measures and roadblocks” to economic cooperation, external affairs minister S Jaishankar told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday.

- Rezaul H Laskar

Jaishankar, who met Wang in Beijing after arriving in China to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), reiterated that stable bilateral ties can be built only on the basis of mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity.

“We have made good progress in the past nine months for the normalisation of our bilateral relations. It is a result of the resolution of friction along the border and our ability to maintain peace and tranquillity there,” Jaishankar said in televised opening remarks during the meeting with Wang.