Beijing: China on Monday said it is prepared to implement the ‘common understandings’ made between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the recent BRICS summit, which have paved the way for a thaw in relations that had been frozen for over four years due to the military standoff in Eastern Ladakh.
“Recently, President Xi Jinping met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the margins of the BRICS summit held in Kazan,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a press briefing while responding to a question on the likelihood of a meeting the two leaders on the sidelines of G20 summit in Brazil.
‘Ready To Work With India’
“China stands ready to work with India to deliver on the important common understandings between the leaders of the two countries, step up communication and cooperation and enhance strategic mutual trust,” he said, adding that he has no information on the specifics of the meeting of the leaders and officials.
India-China Complete Disengagement In Eastern Ladakh
At their Kazan meeting, the two leaders endorsed the India-China agreement on patrolling and disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and issued directions to revive various bilateral dialogue mechanisms, signalling attempts to normalize ties that were hit by a deadly military clash in 2020.
In the nearly 50-minute meeting held on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit at Kazan, Modi underscored the importance of properly handling differences and disputes and not allowing them to disturb peace and tranquility in border areas and that mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity should remain the basis of the relations.
Xi said China-India relations are essentially a question of how the two large developing countries and neighbours, each with a 1.4-billion-strong population, treat each other.
China and India should maintain a sound strategic perception of each other and work together to find the “right and bright path” for big, neighbouring countries to live in harmony and develop side by side, he said.
India-China Relations Took Turn For Worse In 2020
The ties between the two Asian giants nosedived significantly following the fierce clash in the Galwan Valley in June 2020 that marked the most serious military conflict between the two sides in decades.
On October 21, India and China finalized an agreement on patrolling and disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, marking a significant step towards ending the more than four-year military standoff.
Both leaders also directed the Special Representatives on the India-China boundary issue to meet soon and continue efforts to resolve matters related to the LAC.
India’s Special Representative for the dialogue is National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, while China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi leads the talks on behalf of China.
The Special Representatives mechanism was established in 2003, and the two sides have held 20 rounds of discussions since then, with the last meeting taking place in 2019.
(With inputs from PTI)
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