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NATION February 26, 2021 | The Indian Eye 8

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does india now have an upper hand in its

tense relationship with china?

China has said that it supports India’s chairmanship of the BRICS summit this year

Our Bureau South Africa. Chinese President
Xi Jinping may visit India later
New Delhi this year for the summit.

elationship with China Asked about Xi’s possible
would develop as per attendance at the summit and
RIndia’s wishes, the Indi- whether the border tension
an Army chief has said. Assert- would affect their multilateral
ing that nobody wants an unset- cooperation, Chinese Foreign
tled border, the Chief of Army Ministry spokesman Wang Wen-
Staff (COAS), General MM bin said BRICS had become an
Naravane on Wednesday said influential grouping and Beijing
that the relationship with China supported New Delhi’s efforts
would develop along the path as as host, South China Morning
per India’s wishes. Army chief General MM Naravane speaks at Virtual Virmash, in New Delhi Post (SCMP) reported.
“Whatever we did as a on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) “China attaches great im-
government, as a nation has portance to the BRICS mech-
shown that the resolve that we anism,” Wang said at a regular
have in maintaining our inter- press conference on Monday.
est foremost. I think with this “The Chinese side supports
Whole-of-Government ap- the Indian side in hosting the
proach, our relations with Chi- meeting and is willing to work
na would develop along the with India and other BRICS
path that we wish to develop,” countries in expanding cooper-
Naravane said during a virtual ation on economy, politics and
conference on the ‘role of the people-to-people exchanges,”
Indian Army in dealing with Wang added.
contemporary national security Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping may Wenbin’s statement comes a
challenges’. “As two neighbours come face to face at the BRICS virtual Summit (ANI Photo) day after India and China “pos-
who would like to have peace itively appraised” the smooth
and tranquillity on their borders then you have violated the spir- military troops have also been completion of disengagement
and who would like all the other it. We can only hope that China removed to maintain a status of of frontline troops in the Pan-
engagements which have been and People’s Liberation Army pre-face-off that happened last gong Lake area and agreed to
going on in the past should con- (PLA) adhere to these princi- year. continue their communication
tinue also in the future. Nobody ples and agreements in toto, India and China have had a and push for a mutually accept-
wants an unsettled border,” he and that has been our stand stand-off along the LAC since able resolution of the remaining
added. from the beginning. If those April-May last year due to ac- issues along the Line of Actual
Commenting upon the In- agreements adhere to letter and tions of the Chinese Army and Control (LAC) in the Western
dia-China disengagement, the spirit, then most of the issues have held several rounds of mil- Sector.
Army Chief said, “What we which are pending between the itary and diplomatic talks. The exchange took place
have achieved so far is very good countries would get resolved Meanwhile, signalling a during the 10th round of the
and it is a very good end result.. automatically,” he added. thaw after months of tensions China-India Corps Commander
win-win situation.” The disengagement process due to standoff along the Line level meeting. The meeting was
“The agreement signed with from both the north and south of Actual Control (LAC), China held on the Chinese side of the
any country is premised on the banks of Pangong Lake was has said that it supports India’s Moldo/Chushul border meeting
fact that it will be observed in completed by the two nations chairmanship of the BRICS point on Saturday.
letter and spirit. We will trust, and further disengagement summit this year. The two sides had a “can-
but we verify. We have put sys- is underway at other friction New Delhi has assumed did and in-depth” exchange of
tems in place to make sure that points. chairmanship of the annual views on other issues along the
there is no re-occupation of Both the armies of India summit of the BRICS grouping LAC in the Western Sector,
these heights and it is part of and China have agreed for dis- of emerging economies - which according to India-China Joint
the agreement. If it is violated engagement in few areas and also includes Brazil, Russia and Statement.

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