India’s foreign minister has criticized Beijing for failing to honor agreements struck by both sides following the deadly Galwan Valley clash of 2020. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said: "Our relations with China are not doing very well. ... They are not good, they are not normal right now. But obviously as a neighbor we hope for a better relationship but that can only happen if they respect the Line of Actual Control and they respect agreements that they have signed in the past." Earlier, New Delhi had said both sides agreed to work urgently for troop withdrawal at the Line of Actual Control. This came after S. Jaishankar met his counterpart Wang Yi in Laos for the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting. They committed to work for “complete disengagement" at the earliest possible time. Meanwhile, some international media speculated about a deescalation and stabilizing of the border issue on both sides, prompted by the proposal of certain economic concessions toward Beijing by New Delhi.
Our guests:
Dr Swati Arun
- Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) fellow at National Taiwan University and National Chengchi University
- Former Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Centre for Contemporary China Studies research fellow
Chen Ping-kuei
- Professor, National Chengchi University Department of Diplomacy
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