Our relations with China are not good : EAM Dr S Jaishankar

New York (US) – External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that the tensions between India and China will continue until there are forward deployments of militaries on border. He noted that agreements on how to keep the border peaceful and tranquil were violated by China in 2020. He said, “We have forward deployments of our militaries, there are resultant tensions and until those forward deployments are addressed the tensions would continue. If the tensions continue, it casts a natural shadow over the rest of the relationship. So our relationship hasn’t been built for the last four years”.

Jaishankar takes jibe at the US leaders

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday told the Americans that they should not feel bad when India responds to their comments on its internal affairs. If you look at State to State, government to government level, we think it’s important that democracies are mutually respectful. It cannot be that one democracy has a right to comment on another and that’s part about promoting democracy globally, but when others do that, then it becomes foreign interference, Jaishankar said in response to a question at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a top American think-tank.