{"id":2341,"date":"2019-06-22T01:32:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T01:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2019-07-07T05:33:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T05:33:34","slug":"modi-xi-agreed-that-the-approach-to-the-border-issue-should-be-constructive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/modi-xi-agreed-that-the-approach-to-the-border-issue-should-be-constructive\/","title":{"rendered":"Modi, Xi agreed that the approach to the border issue should be constructive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday agreed to expedite the dialogue on the\u00a0<strong>India-China\u00a0<\/strong>boundary issue for securing a \u201cfair\u201d solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders met in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, where\nthey will participate in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation\n(SCO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe two leaders have asked the Special Representatives to meet\nand carry forward the discussion and have instructed them to expedite the\ndiscussion in this regard for achieving a fair, reasonable and mutually\nacceptable solution, \u201d Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said, describing the\ninteraction as \u201csubstantive in content\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders discussed the status of the bilateral\nrelationship since the Wuhan summit of April 2018, which came in the backdrop\nof tension following the 73-day Doklam standoff. The attention on the border\nissue acquires significance as the Chinese President is expected to visit India\nlater this year for a summit with Mr. Modi. Mr. Gokhale clarified that the\ndiscussion was held in the presence of the Special Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last round of talks were held in November last, when Ajit\nDoval of India and Wang Yi of China met in Chengdu for the 21st round of talks\nbetween the Special Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident Xi Jinping very warmly confirmed his readiness to\nvisit India this year. He said that he looked forward to discussing all issues\nfrom a strategic and long-term perspective and that both sides should begin\nintensive preparations for the visit,\u201d Mr. Gokhale said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said both leaders agreed that the approach to the border\nissue should be \u201cconstructive\u201d, keeping in mind the ties between both sides in\nthe coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Xi highlighted the need for regional cooperation and\nconnectivity and singled out the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) economic\ncorridor as an example for expanding the India-China ties, which had entered a\n\u201cnew phase\u201d after the Wuhan informal summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Xi stressed that the two sides should adhere to the basic\njudgment that China and India are the opportunities for development and do not\npose a threat to each other. \u201cThey must persist in deepening mutual trust,\nfocusing on cooperation, and accepting differences, so that China-India\nrelations become a more positive asset and positive energy for promoting the\ndevelopment of the two countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both leaders discussed the plans for celebrating the 70th\nanniversary of the establishment of bilateral ties, with Mr. Modi proposing 70\nevents. Mr. Modi acknowledged China\u2019s contribution to the listing of\nPakistan-based terror mastermind Masood Azhar as a global terrorist at the\nUnited Nations Security Council and said Pakistan should create conditions for\ntalks without the shadow of terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday\u2019s meeting was the first Mr. Modi held with the Chinese\nPresident since he won a landslide victory in the general election in May. He\nis expected to meet Mr. Xi in Osaka during the G20 Summit and also during the\nBRICS Summit. These meetings are being interpreted as preparatory rounds for\nMr. Xi\u2019s visit to India.\n\nMr. Modi also held talks\nwith Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. Mr. Putin invited Mr. Modi\nto take part in the Vladivostok forum in September. Russia had bestowed the\nhighest state honour on Mr. Modi, which is expected to be presented during a\nceremony in Russia during the visit. The Foreign Secretary said the issue of\nthe S400 missile system was not discussed, though he indicated that defence\nissues figured at the talks.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday agreed to expedite the dialogue on the\u00a0India-China\u00a0boundary issue for securing a \u201cfair\u201d solution. The two leaders met in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, where they will participate in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). \u201cThe two leaders have asked the Special Representatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3393,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions\/3393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}