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'India-China Relationship Depends On Peace At Border'

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'India-China Relationship Depends On Peace At Border'
13 Aug 2022
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Minister Of External Affairs S Jaishankar stated that the border situation needs to be under control and peace for India-China ties to be normal. He also said that if China upsets the peace and tranquillity in border regions, it will have a further negative influence on the relations.

"We have not changed our stance that it will affect our ties if China undermines the peace and tranquilly in border areas. Regarding the India-China dispute, Jaishankar recently stated in Bengaluru that "our relationship is not normal and it cannot better since the border situation is not normal."

The minister added that the Indian military has been clinging to the ground and that the situation at the border is the main issue. He continued, "We have made significant progress in withdrawing from areas where we were extremely near to the LOC. Also commenting about the Belt and Road Initiative, Jaishankar said, "There was a violation of our territorial integrity and sovereignty, the fact that third country is doing things on sovereign Indian land occupied by another country."

Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that the government had learned of reports of third countries taking part in CPEC projects, and that any such conduct by any party directly violated India's territorial integrity and sovereignty. India firmly and persistently opposes projects under the "so-called CPEC, which are in Indian land that has been illegally taken by," according to MEA spokesperson Arindam Baghchi.

The government statement said, "Such practises are essentially illegal, illegitimate, and unacceptable, and will be punished appropriately by India." The MEA spokesperson Bagchi responded to media inquiries about third-country participation in CPEC projects by saying, "We have noticed reports on encouraging a potential participation of third countries in so-called CPEC projects." "Any such activities by any entity directly violate India's territorial integrity and sovereignty," he declared.

The MEA's answer comes amid allegations that Pakistan and China have chosen to extend an invitation to any interested third country to join the multibillion-dollar CPEC infrastructure project, which they have referred to as a cooperative effort that benefits both parties. On Friday, July 22, the third virtual meeting of the CPEC Joint Working Group (JWG) on International Cooperation and Coordination (JWG-ICC) was held.

China unveiled the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project in Pakistan in 2015, of which Balochistan is a crucial component.CPEC is a component of China's largest project, the "Belt and Road Initiative," which aims to revive the nation's ancient trading routes in the south-east Asian coastline nations.