foreign Minister Dr. S Jaishankar China said on Friday that the current deterioration in bilateral relations between India and China was created not by India, but by China. The Foreign Minister said that clapping is done with both hands and two-way effort is necessary to run any relationship.
#WATCH , "The fact is that by leaving there a Pakistan Occupied Kashmir we allowed a contiguity to develop between two adversarial nations and that is today is costing us as well…," says EAM Dr S Jaishankar. pic.twitter.com/nc0ZOZNxw4
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We allowed two opponents to unite – Jaishankar
The minister said this after delivering the Shyama Prasad lecture on ‘New India and the World’ here. On the issue of Pakistan and China, he said, “The truth is that except for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, we allowed a closeness to develop between the two opposing countries and today we are paying the price for it….”
China has to follow agreements for better relationship
When asked if there could be a working relationship between the two Asian giants, he said, “Ultimately, it takes two hands to clap and China should also believe in a workable relationship.” Jaishankar said that if a better working relationship is to be maintained, China will have to follow the 1993 and 1996 agreements on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
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