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Dubai Eye
20 hours ago
- Politics
- Dubai Eye
India seeks permanent solution to border dispute with China
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a "permanent solution" to their decades-old border dispute, in a new push for a conclusive outcome. Singh met China's Dong Jun on the sidelines of the meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Qingdao on Thursday and stressed on solving issues between the countries through a structured roadmap, India's defence ministry said in a statement on Friday, "Singh also stressed on border management and to have a permanent solution of border demarcation by rejuvenating the established mechanism on the issue," the statement said, referring to the border talks process between the Asian giants. New Delhi's stress on a permanent solution is considered significant as India has in the past generally used phrases such as seeking an early resolution to the dispute. Beijing says the border dispute should not affect the larger relationship and differences should be managed properly until a mutually acceptable solution is found through dialogue. There was no Chinese defence ministry statement yet on the meeting and its foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on India's statement. The world's two most populous nations - both nuclear powers - share a 3,800 km, largely undemarcated and disputed border in the Himalayas and have gone to war over it. Although the frontier has been mostly peaceful in recent decades, a deadly clash between their troops in 2020 resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers. The clash led to a four-year military standoff with both armies deploying tens of thousands of troops in the mountains until they reached a pact in October to step back, leading to a thaw in ties. During his meeting with Dong, Singh also called for bridging the trust deficit created after the 2020 standoff, New Delhi said. The defence ministers agreed to continue consultations to achieve progress on "disengagement, de-escalation, border management and eventual de-limitation", the statement added. Beijing and New Delhi have continued to mend ties and said this month that they have agreed to expedite the resumption of direct air services, which were suspended after the 2020 clash, and step up communication. SCO is a 10-nation Eurasian security and political grouping whose members include China, Russia, India, Pakistan and Iran. Their defence ministers' meeting was held as a precursor to the annual summit of its leaders set for the autumn. The SCO defence ministers were unable to adopt a joint statement at the end of their meeting due to a lack of consensus on referring to "terrorism", India said on Thursday.
Economic Times
a day ago
- Politics
- Economic Times
Iran's value in India's regional playbook as counter to Pakistan
New Delhi: The Iran-Israel conflict and India's stance during the episode has once again brought to fore the dynamics of Eurasian geopolitics. Iran remains a key factor in India's regional diplomacy, acting as a counterweight to Pakistan, even as New Delhi continues to nurse its partnership with Tel Aviv. While Iran's all-powerful Ayatollah has occasionally raised the Kashmir issue to India's discomfort, Tehran has largely been supportive of India's ambitions in the extended neighbourhood, helping to balance Pakistan. This includes India's expanded role in Iran's Chabahar port, including a pact for an Indian entity to run it for 10 years. The significance of the International North South Transport Corridor or INSTC cannot be missed. Succeeding governments in New Delhi have considered a stable Iran as a counterweight to Pakistan where Sunni extremists pursue an anti-India agenda. These extremists backed by Pakistani institutions, notably Army and ISI, have relentlessly launched cross-border attacks into Iran bordering Pakistan is counterbalance to Islamabad's designs in the region, including denial of connectivity to Afghanistan and Central Asia. It may be recalled that in mid-1990s, Tehran came to India's rescue, preventing a move that could have led the UN to sanction India on the Kashmir issue.A UN move to condemn India over Kashmir - pushed by Pakistan - threatened sanctions and global isolation. In 1994, the then PM Narsimha Rao felt Iran could provide a lifeline to India. He deputed Dinesh Singh, the then external affairs minister, to deliver a message to Iran. An ailing Singh was pulled out from his hospital bed and flown to Tehran on a special military jet. Then Iran's foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati received Singh on the tarmac himself. Singh, in a wheelchair, handed over a personal message from Rao to the then Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Singh met Rafsanjani, Velayati, and Speaker Nateq-Nouri and returned to New Delhi the same Iran refused to back a Pak-sponsored resolution in OIC that was preparing to sponsor a resolution with the backing of some Western nations at the UN Human Rights Commission condemning India for alleged human rights violations in J&K and seeking Sunday, hours after the US attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian dialled PM Narendra Modi who expressed deep concern over the escalation of the conflict. Later, at IAEA, India expressed concern over attacks on Iran's nuclear on its part, has been nudging India to restart oil trade in national currencies. The Modi government had played a key role in Iran securing BRICS and SCO memberships.
The Sun
a day ago
- Politics
- The Sun
India pushes for permanent border solution with China in SCO talks
NEW DELHI: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a 'permanent solution' to their decades-old border dispute, India's defence ministry said on Friday. Singh met China's Dong Jun on the sidelines of the meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Qingdao on Thursday and stressed on solving issues between the two countries through a structured roadmap, the ministry said in a statement. The world's two most populous nations - both nuclear powers - share a 3,800 km (2,400 mile), largely undemarcated and disputed border in the Himalayas and have gone to war over it. Although the frontier has been mostly peaceful in recent decades, a deadly clash between their troops in 2020 resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers. The clash led to a four-year military standoff with both armies deploying tens of thousands of troops in the mountains until they reached a pact in October to step back, leading to a thaw in ties. During his meeting with Dong, Singh also called for bridging the trust deficit created after the 2020 standoff, New Delhi said. SCO is a 10-nation Eurasian security and political grouping whose members include China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran. Their defence ministers' meeting was held as a precursor to the annual summit of its leaders set for the autumn.
Hindustan Times
a day ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
India seeks permanent solution to border dispute with China
NEW DELHI -Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a "permanent solution" to their decades-old border dispute, in a new push for a conclusive outcome. India seeks permanent solution to border dispute with China Singh met China's Dong Jun on the sidelines of the meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Qingdao on Thursday and stressed on solving issues between the countries through a structured roadmap, India's defence ministry said in a statement on Friday, "Singh also stressed on border management and to have a permanent solution of border demarcation by rejuvenating the established mechanism on the issue," the statement said, referring to the border talks process between the Asian giants. New Delhi's stress on a permanent solution is considered significant as India has in the past generally used phrases such as seeking an early resolution to the dispute. Beijing says the border dispute should not affect the larger relationship and differences should be managed properly until a mutually acceptable solution is found through dialogue. There was no Chinese defence ministry statement yet on the meeting and its foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on India's statement. The world's two most populous nations - both nuclear powers - share a 3,800 km , largely undemarcated and disputed border in the Himalayas and have gone to war over it. Although the frontier has been mostly peaceful in recent decades, a deadly clash between their troops in 2020 resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers. The clash led to a four-year military standoff with both armies deploying tens of thousands of troops in the mountains until they reached a pact in October to step back, leading to a thaw in ties. During his meeting with Dong, Singh also called for bridging the trust deficit created after the 2020 standoff, New Delhi said. The defence ministers agreed to continue consultations to achieve progress on "disengagement, de-escalation, border management and eventual de-limitation", the statement added. Beijing and New Delhi have continued to mend ties and said this month that they have agreed to expedite the resumption of direct air services, which were suspended after the 2020 clash, and step up communication. SCO is a 10-nation Eurasian security and political grouping whose members include China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran. Their defence ministers' meeting was held as a precursor to the annual summit of its leaders set for the autumn. The SCO defence ministers were unable to adopt a joint statement at the end of their meeting due to a lack of consensus on referring to "terrorism", India said on Thursday. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
The Advertiser
a day ago
- Politics
- The Advertiser
India seeks China border dispute 'permanent solution'
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a "permanent solution" to their decades-old border dispute, India's defence ministry said. Singh met China's Dong Jun on the sidelines of the meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Qingdao on Thursday and stressed on solving issues between the two countries through a structured roadmap, the ministry said in a statement on Friday. The world's two most populous nations - both nuclear powers - share a 3800km, largely undemarcated and disputed border in the Himalayas and have gone to war over it. Although the frontier has been mostly peaceful in recent decades, a deadly clash between their troops in 2020 resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers. The clash led to a four-year military stand-off with both armies deploying tens of thousands of troops in the mountains until they reached a pact in October to step back, leading to a thaw in ties. During his meeting with Dong, Singh also called for bridging the trust deficit created after the 2020 standoff, New Delhi said. SCO is a 10-nation Eurasian security and political grouping whose members include China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran. Their defence ministers' meeting was held as a precursor to the annual summit of its leaders set for the autumn. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a "permanent solution" to their decades-old border dispute, India's defence ministry said. Singh met China's Dong Jun on the sidelines of the meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Qingdao on Thursday and stressed on solving issues between the two countries through a structured roadmap, the ministry said in a statement on Friday. The world's two most populous nations - both nuclear powers - share a 3800km, largely undemarcated and disputed border in the Himalayas and have gone to war over it. Although the frontier has been mostly peaceful in recent decades, a deadly clash between their troops in 2020 resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers. The clash led to a four-year military stand-off with both armies deploying tens of thousands of troops in the mountains until they reached a pact in October to step back, leading to a thaw in ties. During his meeting with Dong, Singh also called for bridging the trust deficit created after the 2020 standoff, New Delhi said. SCO is a 10-nation Eurasian security and political grouping whose members include China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran. Their defence ministers' meeting was held as a precursor to the annual summit of its leaders set for the autumn. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a "permanent solution" to their decades-old border dispute, India's defence ministry said. Singh met China's Dong Jun on the sidelines of the meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Qingdao on Thursday and stressed on solving issues between the two countries through a structured roadmap, the ministry said in a statement on Friday. The world's two most populous nations - both nuclear powers - share a 3800km, largely undemarcated and disputed border in the Himalayas and have gone to war over it. Although the frontier has been mostly peaceful in recent decades, a deadly clash between their troops in 2020 resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers. The clash led to a four-year military stand-off with both armies deploying tens of thousands of troops in the mountains until they reached a pact in October to step back, leading to a thaw in ties. During his meeting with Dong, Singh also called for bridging the trust deficit created after the 2020 standoff, New Delhi said. SCO is a 10-nation Eurasian security and political grouping whose members include China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran. Their defence ministers' meeting was held as a precursor to the annual summit of its leaders set for the autumn. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a "permanent solution" to their decades-old border dispute, India's defence ministry said. Singh met China's Dong Jun on the sidelines of the meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Qingdao on Thursday and stressed on solving issues between the two countries through a structured roadmap, the ministry said in a statement on Friday. The world's two most populous nations - both nuclear powers - share a 3800km, largely undemarcated and disputed border in the Himalayas and have gone to war over it. Although the frontier has been mostly peaceful in recent decades, a deadly clash between their troops in 2020 resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers. The clash led to a four-year military stand-off with both armies deploying tens of thousands of troops in the mountains until they reached a pact in October to step back, leading to a thaw in ties. During his meeting with Dong, Singh also called for bridging the trust deficit created after the 2020 standoff, New Delhi said. SCO is a 10-nation Eurasian security and political grouping whose members include China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran. Their defence ministers' meeting was held as a precursor to the annual summit of its leaders set for the autumn.
