NEW DELHI, Aug 7: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday that India and China made progress in five-six friction points along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh through talks in the last three years and efforts are underway to resolve the remaining issues.He told a gathering of reporters that there are complications involved and that both sides are working to find answers, rejecting the opposition’s criticism of the Government over the ongoing border dispute.
Even though the two sides completed their disengagement from a number of regions after protracted diplomatic and military talks, the Indian and Chinese troops have been engaged in a three-year-long conflict in specific flashpoints in eastern Ladakh.
It was predicted that nothing could be done, that there would be no progress in the negotiations, that disengagement was impossible, but in the past three years, solutions had been discovered in some of the main points, he said.Five to six regions were quite tense. There has been development, he said.
Jaishankar emphasised the importance of the government building border infrastructure and claimed that as a result, the armed forces are now better equipped to send soldiers out rapidly and effectively fend off Chinese military advances.
He responded, “Yes, absolutely,” when asked if the Indian military and Indian Air Force are now better equipped to deploy and thwart any Chinese movement since 2014.
According to Jaishankar, the government’s focus on accelerating infrastructure improvement in the frontier areas has resulted in a significant boost in overall mobility for both the armed personnel and the civilian population in border areas over the past few years.He claimed that “the capability is increasing every year.”
According to the minister, India’s reaction to issues in national security will be determined by the infrastructure drive along the country’s northern border.
Following the severe combat in the Galwan Valley in June 2020, which was the most significant military conflict between the two countries in decades, relations between India and China significantly deteriorated.
India has made it clear to China that the two nations’ relations cannot advance until there is calm and harmony in border regions.According to Jaishankar, India is also improving its connections to Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.
According to him, India and Bhutan are in discussions to build a train connection between them and Assam.
