CHINA-INDIA: INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ASSERTS THAT UNILATERAL CHANGE IN STATUS QUO BY CHINA IS UNACCEPTABLE

The Washington Post (July 14) reported that the foreign ministers of India and China met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization foreign ministers’ meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on July 14 where New Delhi stressed that a military standoff along a mountainous border area was profoundly disturbing their ties, and warning that any unilateral change in the status quo by Beijing was unacceptable. It quoted Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar's tweet that “Full restoration and maintenance of peace and tranquillity in border areas is essential for the development of bilateral ties.” Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said in a tweet. It said China’s Foreign Ministry quoted Wang Yi as saying the standoff benefited neither side and that China wanted to resolve the situation through dialogue. According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry website he said “China-India relations are defined by not threatening each other and providing mutual development opportunities. The two countries are partners, not opponents and especially not enemies.”





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