NEW DELHI
\nThe situation between India and China in the western Himalayan region of Ladakh is fragile and dangerous, with military forces deployed very close to each other in some parts, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.
\nAt least 24 soldiers were killed when the two sides clashed in the region in mid-2020, but the situation has been calmed through rounds of diplomatic and military talks.
\nViolence erupted in the eastern sector of the undemarcated border between the nuclear-armed Asia giants in December but did not result in any deaths.
\n\u201cThe situation to my mind still remains very fragile because there are places where our deployments are very close up and in military assessment therefore quite dangerous,\u201d Jaishankar said at an India Today conclave.
\nIndia-China relations cannot go back to normal, he said, until the border row is resolved in line with the September 2020 in-principle agreement he reached with his Chinese counterpart.
\n\u201cThe Chinese have to deliver on what was agreed to, and they have struggled with that.\u201d
\nAlthough forces from both sides have disengaged from many areas, discussions are proceeding over unresolved points, Jaishankar said.
\n\u201cWe have made it very clear to the Chinese that we cannot have a breach of peace and tranquility, you can\u2019t violate agreement and want the rest of the relationship to continue as though nothing happened. That\u2019s just not tenable.\u201d
\nJaishankar said he discussed the situation with China\u2019s new foreign minister, Qin Gang, on the sidelines of a meeting of the foreign ministers of the G20 nations hosted by India this month.
\nRegarding India\u2019s presidency of G20 this year, Jaishankar expressed hope that New Delhi can make the forum \u201cmore true to its global mandate\u201d.
\n\u201cThe G20 should not be a debating club or an arena only of the global north. The entirety of global concerns need to be captured. We have already made that point very forcefully,\u201d Jaishankar said.
\nTwo G20 ministerial meetings in India in the last three weeks have been overshadowed by Russia\u2019s 13-month invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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