- By Aditya Jha
- Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:43 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday claimed that the border tension between India and China will continue until there are further deployments of militaries on the border. Addressing an event hosted by the Carnegie Endowment in the US, Jaishankar alleged China violated the border-related peace agreements in 2020.
Notably, there were several instances of military face-off between India and China at the LAC since 2020, after the Chinese army transgressed into multiple areas from the Galwan Valley to the Finger area along the Pangong Lake in Ladakh.
Jaishankar further claimed that the relationship between India and China has not been good for the last four years.
“In terms of our relationship with China, I think it’s a long story, but the short version is that we have agreements on how to keep the border peaceful and tranquil, and those agreements were violated by China in 2020. And some of the…because we have forward deployments of our militaries, there are resulting tensions. And until those forward deployments are addressed the tensions would continue. If the tensions continue, it casts a natural shadow over the rest of the relationship. So our relationship hasn’t been great for the last four years,” he said.
It is also noteworthy that several rounds of military and diplomatic talks could not lead to any particular result and the tension at the border continues.
Jaishankar further noted that China does 31-32 per cent of manufacturing and emphasised that it has happened because the international community, led by western countries, collaborated with China in the last few decades for mutual benefit.
"You know, when it comes to trade, correct me if I am wrong. I think China accounts for about, globally, about 31-32 percent of global manufacturing. I think that would be the right number, and a lot of that has happened because, over multiple decades, international business, which is primarily Western-led, has chosen to collaborate with China for mutual benefit. So, today, for any country, if you are into any kind of consumption, or even into any kind of manufacturing, sourcing out of China is inevitable because if you are consuming, if you are not manufacturing, not consuming...you get a lot of things the cheapest," he added.
In August, India and China decided to maintain peace and tranquility in border areas after the 31st meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) in Beijing.