Vikrant Shekhawat : Nov 11, 2022, 08:58 AM
PM Modi And Xi Jinping: Chinese President Xi Jinping was very eager to meet PM Modi at the SCO summit in Uzbekistan. According to defense experts, he had also got a recommendation from Russian President Vladimir Putin for this. Despite this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not agree to bilateral talks with Xi Jinping. This surprised China. Although Xi Jinping had sensed PM Modi's intentions as to why PM Modi refused to meet him. The whole world knows that PM Modi plays friendship with more gusto than enmity. The way India and China had withdrawn their troops from the disputed areas of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) before the SCO summit, the whole world was expecting that bilateral talks between the two countries are fixed in Uzbekistan, but Modi surprised everyone.Now the country's Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has revealed in signs that why PM Modi had refused to hold bilateral talks with Xi Jinping? External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that India's relations with China cannot normalize unless there is peace in the border areas. India has already given a clear message to China in this matter. He said that "I am saying that unless there is an atmosphere of peace in the border areas, unless agreements are followed and unilateral attempts to change the status quo are not stopped, then India-China relations will be normal." Can't be.PM Modi is angry with China's deception in Galvan ValleyThis statement of External Affairs Minister Jaishankar suggests that PM Modi had rejected the offer of bilateral talks with Xi Jinping due to the above reasons. Because in the heart of PM Modi, China's deception in Galvan Valley is still intact. However, the Indian Army had given its answer to China at the same time. But now PM Modi does not want to give China a chance to become a snake of sleeves again. The External Affairs Minister said that what happened in the Galwan Valley in 2020 was "an effort of one side, and we know who it was, who walked out of the agreement and this issue is the most important." Jaishankar said, 'Have we made progress since then? In some ways, yes. There were several conflicting points. Among those confrontational points, there was the dangerously close deployment by the military, I think some of those issues have been resolved with equal and mutual security in mind.The disputes between India and China have not yet been resolvedThe External Affairs Minister said that there are some issues which still need to be worked out. It is important that we persevere and keep moving forward. Because you can't say it's complicated or difficult. The Foreign Minister expressed hope that China will realize that the current situation is not in its interest either. He said, "The signal given by India to China in this matter is clear. They will weigh it with their own interests, but it is not just a matter of public sentiment. I think it is the policy of the government, it is national thinking, public sentiment and strategic assessment.There was a clash between India and China in June 2020Significantly, in June 2020, there was a fierce clash between the soldiers of India and China in the Galvan Valley. This caused tension in the relations between the two countries. No progress has been made so far on resolving the standoff in the Demchok and Depsang areas of eastern Ladakh, although both sides have withdrawn troops from the points of conflict through military and diplomatic talks. India has consistently maintained that peace along the Line of Actual Control is vital for the overall development of bilateral relations. The border standoff started in eastern Ladakh on May 5, 2020, following violent clashes in the Pangong Lake area. The solution of which has not yet been found.