China, India have ‘potential’ to search out manner for pleasant coexistence: Chinese Charge d’Affairs

China hopes to “accelerate” the resumption of sensible cooperation with India and either side have the “ability” to discover a manner for pleasant coexistence and collectively create the ‘Asian century’, Charge d’Affaires on the Chinese embassy Ma Jia has mentioned.

At an occasion hosted by the embassy final night to mark the 74th anniversary of the founding of China, Ma additionally mentioned the 2 international locations have to collectively oppose “zero-sum games and keep our region away from geopolitical calculations”.

In her remarks, she additionally touched upon the jap Ladakh border row.

“The two sides maintained communication through diplomatic and military channels to move the border situation from emergency response to normalised management and control,” she mentioned, repeating what Beijing has been claiming on the lingering border row in jap Ladakh.

India has been persistently sustaining that the state of affairs on the border in jap Ladakh will not be regular and that peace and tranquillity alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) had been key for normalisation of total ties.

The senior Chinese diplomat mentioned China hopes to “accelerate” the resumption of sensible cooperation with India and either side have the “ability and wisdom” to discover a manner for pleasant coexistence and collectively create the ‘Asian century’.

“We hope to firmly stick to the correct direction of China-India relations. China and India are eternal neighbours who need to accurately understand each other’s strategic intentions, and to support and contribute to each other’s success instead of undermining and doubting each other,” she mentioned.

“We need to jointly oppose zero-sum games and keep our region away from geopolitical calculations. China and India have the ability and wisdom to find a way for friendly coexistence between neighbouring major countries and jointly create the ‘Asian Century’,” she added.

The Chinese diplomat mentioned bilateral commerce has “performed strongly, and the trade volume reached USD 77.6 billion in the first seven months of this year”.

“China’s second centenary goal and India’s ‘Amrit Kaal’ development goal are the biggest strategic objectives for the two countries respectively,” she mentioned.

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Sep 27, 2023