S Jaishankar on India China Breakthrough: External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has given credit to military and efficient diplomacy on the latest agreement between India and China regarding patrolling on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). While talking to students in Pune, Maharashtra on Saturday (October 26, 2024), he said, “There is still some time for relations to become normal. “Naturally it will take time to rebuild trust and willingness to work together.”
Prime Minister with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kazan, Russia Narendra Modi Regarding the bilateral meeting, S Jaishankar said, “It was decided that the Foreign Ministers and National Security Advisors of both the countries will meet and see how to move forward. If we have reached the point where we are today, it is because of The reason is that the army stood firm on its stand and was present in very unimaginable circumstances to protect the country and diplomacy did its job.
remain capable of deploying the army
The Foreign Minister said, “Today India is investing five times more resources annually than 10 years ago, the results of which are visible. However, since the year 2020, the border situation has been very disturbed and since September 2020, India is trying to resolve it with China. The most important thing was to withdraw the soldiers because they were very close to each other and after this the tension would reduce due to increase in the number of soldiers from both sides. Happened.”
Patrolling was being stopped – S Jaishankar
Dr S Jaishankar said, “A big issue is how you manage the border and how to negotiate the border agreement. What is happening now is the first part, which is the disengagement. India and China After 2020, there was agreement on how the soldiers would return to their bases but an important part was related to patrolling and we were trying to discuss this for the last two years. “What happened on October 21 was that in those particular areas, Depsang and Demchok, we agreed that patrolling would resume as before.”
On October 21, 2024, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had announced that after ongoing discussions over the past several weeks, the two countries have reached an agreement regarding patrolling arrangements on the LAC, following which the withdrawal of troops took place and ultimately the Galwan Valley in June 2020. The issues that arose in the area after violent clashes are being resolved. In 'NDTV's World Summit, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar had said that this agreement creates the basis of peace and harmony, which should be in the border areas and which was also present before 2020.
