Border not demarcated, dispute will recur: China | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: As the military standoff on the LAC intensifies, Chinese foreign minister and state councillor Wang Yi told an international audience in Paris that there will always be problems with India of the kind witnessed in eastern Ladakh because the boundary wasn’t demarcated yet even as he claimed China wouldn’t be the first to escalate the situation and was committed to managing all issues through dialogue.
In a separate statement here, the Chinese embassy said it had lodged “solemn representations” with India for what it described as flagrant provocations by Indian troops who, it alleged, had violated the LAC. The same was stated by the Chinese foreign ministry in Beijing.
“The boundary between China and India has not yet been demarcated, so there will always be problems of this kind. We are ready to manage all kinds of issues through dialogue with the Indian side,” Wang said in a statement apparently made on Sunday but the transcript for which was released on Tuesday.
Wang said issues should be placed in their proper place in bilateral relations, adding that President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met many times and reached many an important consensus. “Differences should be managed and controlled, and in particular, differences should not escalate into conflict. I think that various departments of the two countries should implement these important consensus,” Wang said.
China was ready to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with India to help it speed up its own development, he went on to say. “We should jointly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries on the international stage and create a broader space for the development of emerging economies,” he added.
Wang, who is on a tour of Europe, made the remarks during an interaction at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris on Monday. China’s diplomatic offensive continued here with its embassy claiming India’s action at Pangong Tso, which the Indian government has described as defensive, had “grossly violated China’s territorial sovereignty, seriously violated relevant agreements, protocols and important consensus reached between the two countries, and severely damaged peace and tranquillity along the China-India border areas”.
It also urged the Indian side to “strictly control and restrain its frontline troops, earnestly honour its commitments, immediately stop all provocative actions, immediately withdraw its troops illegally trespassing the Line of Actual Control and immediately stop any actions leading to escalation and complication of the situation”.