India-China ties: ‘No normal relationship with China unless solution,’ says Jaishankar

India-China ties: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that he has told his Chinese counterpart that unless they find a solution on the border, they should not expect the relations between the two countries to be normal.

Jaishankar said that China violated the agreement in 2020 and brought troops to the LAC and India has to keep its defence in check.

The EAM was speaking at the Manthan: Townhall meeting in Nagpur, Maharashtra, on Saturday.

"I have explained to my Chinese counterpart that unless you find a solution on the border, if the forces will remain face-to-face and there will be tension, then you should not expect that the rest of the relations will go on in a normal manner; it is impossible," he said, adding, "It's not like you can fight here and also do business with us, you can't do that."

"In the past years, relations between India and China have not been good or easy. The major reason behind that is that we have had some written agreements with them," he added.
He further underscored that the Indo-China war happened in 1962 and it took us 14 years to send an ambassador over there.

"The war happened in 1962 and it took us 14 years to send an ambassador over there and then it took another 26 years when for the first time, our prime minister Rajiv Gandhi visited China," he said.

Jaishankar also highlighted that two agreements were signed in 1993 and 1996, followed by prior agreements signed in 2005, 2006, 2012 and 2013. Further, he emphasised that the outcome of these agreements was clear that neither India nor China can deploy their troops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). EAM added that in 2020, China violated the agreement and brought troops to the LAC.

Emphasising that India did not start this, Jaishankar said that if they brought their troops in front of us, we have to counter them.

Earlier in September last year, the Defence Ministry approved the procurement of a regiment of 'Pralay' ballistic missiles for the Indian Army for deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and Line of Control (LoC), that is, borders with China and Pakistan, respectively.

In August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in which he highlighted India's concerns at the unresolved issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh with the two leaders agreeing to direct their relevant officials "to intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement and de-escalation."
                     
 
                       

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