External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said India and China are working to rebuild ties damaged by the Galwan valley clashes of 2020, but some issues remain unresolved. Speaking at an event hosted by the Asia Society, he stressed that a tense relationship benefits neither country.“It wasn’t just the bloodshed, it was the disregard…
NEW DELHI: Following their talks on the border issue a day earlier, Indian and Chinese officials met again in Beijing on Wednesday to discuss resumption of dialogue mechanisms in a step-by-step manner and utilise those to address each other’s “priority areas and move relations on to a more stable path”.As agreed in January, during foreign…
NEW DELHI: India and China should be partners contributing to each other’s success and a cooperative “pas de deux” between the dragon and the elephant is the only right choice for the two countries, Beijing said while welcoming PM Modi’s “positive” remarks in a podcast in which he had endorsed signs of a rapprochement in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: China on Monday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks on India-China relations, praising his emphasis on dialogue over discord. Beijing described the relationship between the two nations as a “ballet between the dragon and the elephant” that must continue for mutual success.China’s foreign…
PM Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasized that India and China should engage in a “healthy and natural” competition while ensuring that differences do not escalate into disputes. Speaking on India-China relations during the podcast with Lex Fridman, PM Modi highlighted the deep historical ties between the…
Photo credit: X/@DrSJaishankar External affairs minister S Jaishankar spoke on Wednesday about Kashmir and actions taken by the Union government, including the removal of Article 370, economic measures, and elections with high voter turnout. He also discussed Brics countries’ views on the use of the dollar in the international economy. He made these remarks during…
File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, in Kazan. (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Sino-Indian ties are set for a reboot, following the Modi-Xi meeting in Kazan last year and the subsequent visits to Beijing by NSA Ajit Doval…
NEW DELHI: The recent thaw in Sino-Indian ties was on display again as foreign minister S Jaishankar met his counterpart Wang Yi and talked up cooperation between the 2 countries on regional and multilateral forums like G20, SCO and BRICS, while stressing the importance of restoring mutual trust in bilateral ties and jointly maintaining border…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar will participate in the G20 meeting of foreign ministers in Johannesburg on Feb 20-21, said govt on Wednesday. Jaishankar’s US counterpart Marco Rubio will skip the event, but China’s Wang Yi and Russia’s Sergey Lavrov will attend the meeting.While Jaishankar is likely to informally meet Wang and Lavrov,…
Sam Pitroda and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: What do Sam Pitroda and Mani Shankar Aiyar have in common? Well, both the leaders, who were once part of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi‘s inner circle, have a penchant for landing their party in trouble with their off-the-cuff remarks.While Mani Shankar Aiyar, whose disdainful remarks against PM…
