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Doval-Yang meeting calls for acceleration of boundary talks
SOURCE : THE HINDU
Within days of a substantial dialogue at the foreign ministers level, India’s National Security adviser, Ajit Doval and China’s State Councilor, Yang Jiechi, have met in Munich-their talks focusing on ways to resolve the Sino-Indian border issue-ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China in May.
The meeting in Munich precedes the visit to Beijing by Mr.Doval-India’s Special Representative for the boundary issue ahead of Mr. Modi’s visit. Mr. Yang is Mr.Doval’s counterpart in the boundary talks.
“The positive interaction between China and India is increasing and their momentum of cooperation is improving,” said Mr. Yang, as quoted by Xinhua.
Both officials appeared to work on formulations that could lead to the resolution of the Sino-Indian border row- an impediment to a possible surge in New Delhi-Beijing economic partnership and the convergence of a strategic agenda in the Asia-Pacific.
The Xinhua report said that Mr. Yang proposed the two countries should “push forward negotiations over boundaries, and to effectively maintain the peace and safety of border areas” in tune with respecting and looking after each other’s concerns.
According to the Chinese interpretation, Mr. Doval observed that India “expected to intensify coordination with China and keep pushing forward the process of negotiations over boundaries”.
Apart from calling for an acceleration of boundary talks, the Chinese State Councilor also advocated that the frequency of high-level interaction between the two countries should be stepped up.
“Both sides should seize the opportunities, remove the disturbances, and strengthen the positive trend of China-India relations,” Mr. Yang observed.
The two officials chose their words carefully to suggest that their worldviews were acquiring a common vocabulary. They focused on their status as the fastest growing developing countries as well as a common Asia heritage.
Mr. Doval said that Sino-Indian ties had improved after the formation of the new government, opening up a number of “mutually beneficial cooperation opportunities”.
During the Munich meeting, Mr. Yang pointed out that cooperation “in culture, railway and industrial parks construction should be broadened”. The Chinese official was reiterating remarks by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who had told visiting External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj, that, “China and India should continue their cooperation in various fields, including industrial parks and the railway project, to benefit the 2.5 billion people of the two countries and the global economy.”
The Chinese official stressed that India should work with China in promoting “multipolarism” – echoing a pet theme, chiefly advocated by Beijing and Moscow that the end of a unipolar era led by the United States after the collapse of the Soviet Union, would establish a more sustainable international system.
India had endorsed this formulation in the joint communiqué issued at the end of a foreign ministerial meeting in Beijing of the Russia-India-China (RIC) group. The Joint statement had asserted that the “international community should remain committed to the democratisation of the international relations and multi-polarity”.
SOURCE : THE HINDU
Within days of a substantial dialogue at the foreign ministers level, India’s National Security adviser, Ajit Doval and China’s State Councilor, Yang Jiechi, have met in Munich-their talks focusing on ways to resolve the Sino-Indian border issue-ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China in May.
The meeting in Munich precedes the visit to Beijing by Mr.Doval-India’s Special Representative for the boundary issue ahead of Mr. Modi’s visit. Mr. Yang is Mr.Doval’s counterpart in the boundary talks.
“The positive interaction between China and India is increasing and their momentum of cooperation is improving,” said Mr. Yang, as quoted by Xinhua.
Both officials appeared to work on formulations that could lead to the resolution of the Sino-Indian border row- an impediment to a possible surge in New Delhi-Beijing economic partnership and the convergence of a strategic agenda in the Asia-Pacific.
The Xinhua report said that Mr. Yang proposed the two countries should “push forward negotiations over boundaries, and to effectively maintain the peace and safety of border areas” in tune with respecting and looking after each other’s concerns.
According to the Chinese interpretation, Mr. Doval observed that India “expected to intensify coordination with China and keep pushing forward the process of negotiations over boundaries”.
Apart from calling for an acceleration of boundary talks, the Chinese State Councilor also advocated that the frequency of high-level interaction between the two countries should be stepped up.
“Both sides should seize the opportunities, remove the disturbances, and strengthen the positive trend of China-India relations,” Mr. Yang observed.
The two officials chose their words carefully to suggest that their worldviews were acquiring a common vocabulary. They focused on their status as the fastest growing developing countries as well as a common Asia heritage.
Mr. Doval said that Sino-Indian ties had improved after the formation of the new government, opening up a number of “mutually beneficial cooperation opportunities”.
During the Munich meeting, Mr. Yang pointed out that cooperation “in culture, railway and industrial parks construction should be broadened”. The Chinese official was reiterating remarks by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who had told visiting External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj, that, “China and India should continue their cooperation in various fields, including industrial parks and the railway project, to benefit the 2.5 billion people of the two countries and the global economy.”
The Chinese official stressed that India should work with China in promoting “multipolarism” – echoing a pet theme, chiefly advocated by Beijing and Moscow that the end of a unipolar era led by the United States after the collapse of the Soviet Union, would establish a more sustainable international system.
India had endorsed this formulation in the joint communiqué issued at the end of a foreign ministerial meeting in Beijing of the Russia-India-China (RIC) group. The Joint statement had asserted that the “international community should remain committed to the democratisation of the international relations and multi-polarity”.
