India has been striving for permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council for many years. Many other countries have supported India; but China is blocking it.
Pakistan has been insisting that the onus of improving the ties was on India and urging it to undo its “unilateral” steps in Kashmir as a sort of pre-condition to start the talks.
China has changed the names of 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh and claimed it as its territory. It includes 11 residential areas, 12 mountains, 4 rivers, 1 lake and 1 mountain pass.
We have a tradition of not deploying troops on the Line of Direct Control between India and China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated that India and China have never agreed on the border issue.
About the Citizenship Amendment Act, Jaishankar said that it is a formula to improve the historical situation.
Earlier, the Foreign Minister had emphasised that no one should comment on India’s internal affairs.
Aiming at China Dr Jaishankar said that the world has changed and so are India’s equations with other countries.
Dr Jaishankar replied, ‘Immediately after our independence, we experienced aggression and an effort to change our boundaries. Even today, parts of India are occupied by other countries.
Without naming Pakistan, Jaishankar stated that SAARC is in crisis because one of its members openly supports terrorism.