NEW DELHI: India emphasised the significance of correctly dealing with disputes and never permitting them to disturb peace and tranquillity within the border areas when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Xi Jinping final month, exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar instructed Parliament on Friday.
The two sides additionally agreed throughout this assembly that dialogue mechanisms on the stage of international ministers and different officers can be used to stabilise and rebuild bilateral relations, Jaishankar stated in a written reply to a query in Lok Sabha.
India-China relations had hit an all-time low due to the army standoff that started within the Ladakh sector of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in April-May 2020. The two sides agreed on the patrolling preparations within the two remaining “friction points” of Demchok and Depsang on October 21, and this was adopted two days later by the assembly between PM Modi and President Xi on the margins of the Brics Summit within the Russian metropolis of Kazan.
Referring to the assembly between the 2 leaders in Kazan, Jaishankar stated Modi had welcomed the settlement for “complete disengagement and resolution of relevant issues that arose in 2020 in the India-China border areas”.
Jaishankar added, “He underscored the importance of properly handling differences and disputes and not allowing them to disturb peace and tranquillity in the border areas.”
Modi and Xi additionally agreed that related dialogue mechanisms on the stage of the international ministers and different officers “will be utilised to stabilise and rebuild bilateral relations”, Jaishankar stated.
Jaishankar stated he additionally met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the margins of the G20 Summit in Brazil on November 18 and their discussions targeted on the “next steps in India-China relations”.
Both sides agreed {that a} assembly of the Special Representatives on the India-China border subject and of India’s international secretary and China’s vice minister will “take place soon”. Among the subsequent steps mentioned at this assembly had been the resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrimage, knowledge sharing on trans-border rivers, direct flights between India and China, and media exchanges.
Jaishankar stated the federal government had recurrently briefed Parliament on “major milestones in resolution of issues” and launched data by means of press releases and briefings. Defence minister Rajnath Singh briefed Parliament on September 15, 2020 and February 11, 2021 on “significant developments in the disengagement discussions with the Chinese side”, he stated.
“Government regularly takes up any transgression along the LAC with the Chinese side through established mechanisms including border personnel meetings, flag meetings, meetings of Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs, the recent India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting mechanism as well as through diplomatic channels,” he stated.
Jaishankar additionally stated that China’s international ministry spokesperson Lin Jian instructed a daily news convention on October 22 that the 2 international locations had reached “resolutions on issues concerning the border area following close communication through diplomatic and military channels” and that China “will continue working with India for the sound implementation of these resolutions”.
A readout from China’s international ministry following the assembly between Modi and Xi acknowledged that the 2 leaders “commended the important progress the two sides had recently made through intensive communication on resolving the relevant issues in the border areas”, Jaishankar identified.
In a written reply to a separate query in Lok Sabha, Jaishankar stated the federal government has famous a number of stories of incidents of violence in Bangladesh towards Hindus and different minorities, their properties and enterprise institutions and of assaults on temples and non secular locations.
“Government have taken a serious note of these incidents and shared its concerns with the Government of Bangladesh. Reports of attacks on temples and puja mandaps also came to light during the recent Durga Puja festival in Bangladesh,” he stated.
The authorities expressed its severe considerations relating to an assault on a puja mandap in Tantibazar, Dhaka, and a theft on the Jeshoreshwari Kali temple at Satkhira. “Following these attacks, the Government of Bangladesh had issued instructions for providing special security, including deployment of army and Border Guards Bangladesh to ensure peaceful celebrations of Durga Puja,” he stated.
The Indian excessive fee in Dhaka “continues to monitor the situation related to the minorities in Bangladesh closely”, he added.
However, Jaishankar stated the “primary responsibility for the protection of life and liberty of all citizens of Bangladesh, including minorities, rests with the Government of Bangladesh”.
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