'Our relations with China not doing very well...': EAM S Jaishankar on India-China border dispute

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday ruled out any role for a third party in India's border dispute with China, saying the two neighbours have an issue and it is for them to find a way out. "We are not looking to other countries to sort out what is really an issue between India and China," Jaishankar said while responding to a series of questions at a press conference in Tokyo. Jaishankar, who is here to attend a Quad foreign ministerial meeting, also said that India's relationship with China is not good and it's not doing well. "We have a problem, or, I would say, an issue between India and China...I think it is for two of us to talk it over and to find a way," he said.

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[lordshiva]

India has had always harbored expansionist ambitions to expand into Tibet. Unfortunately, a powerful China stands in our way. From our eyes only, we now think the Dalai Lama has turned rogue because we had thought we could use him perpetually as a trump card to challenge China. But now that he openly declares Tibet is part of China, we cannot use him anymore. What is worse, now all these Tibetan lands we control in Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Sikkim etc. immediately become a big question mark, overdue for their logical return to China!

[mhguommjt]

Indian jaishankar should stop talking propaganda against China. This is not Bollywood. The issues raised are India's own problems. Stop following U$ foreign policy.

[pkwong]

China/ India relationship is where it has always been.

[lordshiva]

To be truthful, the British by way of shenanigans extended borders into China at a time when China was weakened, distracted and in turmoil. Actually, India is sitting on wide areas of China's territory in the northern fringes and the entire northeast. South Tibet in its entirety (which we renamed Arunachal Pradesh), for instance, belongs to China.

[HTeo-oglg]

Indian talk king is on another level. If you want something (fancy) said, always ask Jaishankar. He's from India
But if you want something done, hire a Chinese worker.

[ParagPandit]

TRY ASKING PUTIN WHO IS YOUR FRIEND AS WELL AS XI JINPING'S FOREVER FRIEND 😅😅

[hifivingstarfish]

India's borders were drawn by the British. Not only did the British colonize and plundered India, they randomly drew borders on their own that infringed on the borders drawn by China. So how can you claim something randomly drawn by someone else as yours? It would be wise of India to settle the disputes on the border issue and focus on development with China's help. Without China's help, India will be a backward country for a long time. Without state of the art infrastructure, India will always be a "what if" country. China's way ahead, 6X India's GDP. That is probably only going to become larger not smaller.

[lordshiva]

Parts of India are occupied territories e.g. Arunachal Padesh and Ladakh - occupied by India but they are in historical truth China's territories.

[HIGHRISE_]

Without China, India would be nothing
Everything is made in china and we just import it from them at cheap price and sell using Indian Brand name.
We need to work harder than them
then only we have an edge

[ampan]

They are hard working, our heart is working.

[djoys]

Australian visionary once said that "China is dangerous crocodile in peaceful waters of Asia" . This has come 100% true.

[bobdoe]

China never accepted the borders drawn by British colonists 😂 why don’t you go back to a pre British map that everyone can agree upon 😂

[lordshiva]

This is not Bollywood entertainment where fantasies and untruths can crowd out the reality on the ground. Hence a public Board of Inquiry must be openly held in India. If China had been wrong, they must be held to account. Similarly, if India was the villain, we Indians must be classy enough to admit it and officially apologize to China.

[jemlerspeak]

Except the British McMahon man-made border issues, China and India should and must cooperate and develop together for the goodness of Asia, and never let colonizers instigating from outside again

[jonlew]

Nobody care, you just stay of outside of other countries.

[lordshiva]

Our soldiers did not venture out on their own to raid the Chinese border guards. They did not choose to die at the Galwan Valley border. They were ordered by higher command. So we must ask why the Indian high command decided to carry out this ill-fated military operation. Did they do so with the blessings or permission of our political leaders? Or was it a misunderstanding / mistake down the army line that led to unintended consequences?

[desmond]

Walk the talk. India should leave the BRICS and SCO immediately or alternatively remove China from these two alliances. With such good friends like Russia and US, India should also stop trading with China with immediate effect. But India dare not.

[shirkuh]

I can't believe that girl stole my money

[Red.bulldozer]

I dont agree with jaishankar. Indians imported some USD 110 billions of goods from china last year.

The business is booming😂

[leecheong]

Talk talk talk...gold silver bronze.

Don't go looking for a fight with your neighbour just because your neighbour are doing 6 times better in GDP.