It will be difficult for India and China to easily pick up the threads of their talks
It will be difficult for India and China to easily pick up the threads of their talks
In short it was Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Delhi Friday seems to have left more questions than answers on its purpose. This was the first visit by a senior Chinese official since the start of the military standoff along the LAC in April 2020. since then, despite 15 rounds of talks of border commander and eight rounds of meetings of the Special Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC), the friction zone – including Petrol Point (PP) 15, Demchok and Depsang – where troops are stationed on both sides. However, it appeared that during his separate meetings with NSA Ajit Doval, After that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is, Mr. Wang did not propose any new mechanisms or formulations to break the deadlock in those talks, as was the case before. Instead, the Chinese side only reiterated that India should place differences on the border issue “in an appropriate place in bilateral relations”, and resume bilateral dialogue on all issues. According to a statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the suggestion was part of a three-stage formula, incorporating a long-term, ‘civilizational’ approach to India-China relations, viewing each other’s development as a “win-win”. Included. and cooperating in the multilateral sector. The last point was a reference to China’s turn to host the BRICS summit later this year, which Mr. Wang expected Prime Minister Modi to attend, and India’s plans to host the SCO and G-20 summits next year. It is the turn of, where Chinese President Xi Jinping will do. Be among the invitees.
However, neither Mr. Wang nor his hosts in government responded as to why he was welcomed in Delhi, if his message was not different from the past. that he was only in the area – going to Pakistan for an OIC conference; Meeting with the Taliban to advance bilateral cooperation and infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, and Nepal ahead of another summit in Beijing – and the decision to “drop in” doesn’t seem enough as a reason, when bilateral ties come to a standstill. live on. Nor does it explain why the Modi government, which has consistently said it would hold only bilateral talks on resolving the border standoff, shied away from this principle to discuss bilateral and international issues. Neither side announced Mr Wang’s arrival until the first meeting on Friday, indicating that there is more behind the scenes. It is also possible that their reach stems from a desire to compare notes on Ukraine, where India and China find themselves at odds with the Western sanctions regime that seeks to isolate Russia and treat global transactions as “dollar versus non-dollar”. Threatens to split the system while Mr. Putin finds himself not completely comfortable with his actions. Notwithstanding any common understanding on other issues, it is clear that New Delhi and Beijing cannot pick up the threads of their talks until a full understanding of events from April 2020, and demobilization by the PLA, followed by dissolution go. Soldiers, completed.