Xi’s determination to skip G20 Summit signifies that China’s relations with India nonetheless going downhill

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: When the formal announcement of Chinese President Xi Jinping skipping the G20 Summit got here on Monday, it didn’t come as a shock because the grapevine was indicating that he would give it a miss. Until Monday, even his resort suite was not booked, as a proper announcement was awaited.

Besides President Xi, President Putin and the Mexican President too is not going to be attending the Summit. However, all the opposite leaders are going to be in Delhi. US President Biden shall be among the many first leaders to land in Delhi on September 7 and can have a bilateral assembly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8, a day earlier than the Summit.

“President Xi’s decision to skip the Summit in India sends out a message that relations between India and China are still on the downward slide. This is the first G20 Summit that he has skipped,” Ashok Ok Kantha, former Ambassador to China, instructed The New Indian Express.

Relations between India and China have been going downhill for the reason that Galwan incident in 2020. Besides, China retains nudging India on many fronts – the newest being together with Indian territories like Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh in its personal map. Earlier, they’d renamed 11 villages in Arunachal.

“As has been announced just now, Premier Li Qiang will lead a delegation to the New Delhi G20 Summit in India. The G20 is an important forum for international economic cooperation. China has all along attached great importance to and taken an active part in G20 events. During this year’s G20 Summit, Premier Li Qiang will share China’s views and propositions on G20 cooperation, and promote greater solidarity and cooperation among G20 countries and joint response to global economic and development challenges. We are ready to work with all parties to make the G20 Summit a success and contribute to the steady recovery of the global economy and sustainable development,” mentioned China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning on Monday.

Mao additionally mentioned that they hoped that the Summit would arrive at a consensus on financial cooperation and contribute to the world’s financial restoration and sustainable growth.

Meanwhile, the leaders who shall be attending the Summit embody President Biden, British PM Rishi Sunak, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, Australian PM Anthony Albanese and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, amongst others.

NEW DELHI: When the formal announcement of Chinese President Xi Jinping skipping the G20 Summit got here on Monday, it didn’t come as a shock because the grapevine was indicating that he would give it a miss. Until Monday, even his resort suite was not booked, as a proper announcement was awaited.

Besides President Xi, President Putin and the Mexican President too is not going to be attending the Summit. However, all the opposite leaders are going to be in Delhi. US President Biden shall be among the many first leaders to land in Delhi on September 7 and can have a bilateral assembly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8, a day earlier than the Summit.

“President Xi’s decision to skip the Summit in India sends out a message that relations between India and China are still on the downward slide. This is the first G20 Summit that he has skipped,” Ashok Ok Kantha, former Ambassador to China, instructed The New Indian Express.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Relations between India and China have been going downhill for the reason that Galwan incident in 2020. Besides, China retains nudging India on many fronts – the newest being together with Indian territories like Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh in its personal map. Earlier, they’d renamed 11 villages in Arunachal.

“As has been announced just now, Premier Li Qiang will lead a delegation to the New Delhi G20 Summit in India. The G20 is an important forum for international economic cooperation. China has all along attached great importance to and taken an active part in G20 events. During this year’s G20 Summit, Premier Li Qiang will share China’s views and propositions on G20 cooperation, and promote greater solidarity and cooperation among G20 countries and joint response to global economic and development challenges. We are ready to work with all parties to make the G20 Summit a success and contribute to the steady recovery of the global economy and sustainable development,” mentioned China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning on Monday.

Mao additionally mentioned that they hoped that the Summit would arrive at a consensus on financial cooperation and contribute to the world’s financial restoration and sustainable growth.

Meanwhile, the leaders who shall be attending the Summit embody President Biden, British PM Rishi Sunak, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, Australian PM Anthony Albanese and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, amongst others.