S Jaishankar mentioned Tuesday that India would concentrate on discovering options to frame points with China.

Washington:

America needs India nicely in its efforts to enhance strained ties with China, the number-two U.S. diplomat mentioned on Wednesday, whereas cautioning that Chinese language chief Xi Jinping finds it very exhausting to indicate any flexibility on territorial points.

Indian International Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar mentioned on Tuesday after assuming workplace for a second straight time period that India would concentrate on discovering options to frame points with China, which have lengthy strained ties between the neighbours.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, who has led U.S. efforts to spice up ties with India to push again towards China’s rising energy, was requested at a Washington suppose tank about Mr Jaishankar’s feedback.

“I feel the reality is that anytime two international locations can discover a diploma of the widespread area to scale back tensions, I feel now we have to assist that,” he mentioned.

“I feel we want the Indians nicely in deliberations,” he added, earlier than happening to say that Washington was “very assured and cozy” about its personal bilateral relationship with India “and we wish that to proceed going ahead.”

Campbell mentioned he could be in India subsequent week with Jake Sullivan, the U.S. nationwide safety adviser, to “advance areas of coordination.”

“I feel we really feel excellent about this partnership,” he mentioned, whereas including: “I feel there are some structural points between China and India that frankly shall be tough to resolve.”

Campbell mentioned he believed that for any rapprochement, or substantial enchancment in relations with China, India would anticipate adjustments in how Beijing treats their contested borders.

“One of many issues that we have seen below Xi Jinping on something that bridges, or touches, territorial issues, I feel it’s totally exhausting for the Chinese language to indicate any flexibility, or any need to search out widespread floor,” he mentioned.

India and China share a 3,800 km (2,400 mile) border – a lot of it poorly demarcated – over which the nuclear-armed nations fought a battle in 1962. They’ve engaged in a army standoff since July 2020 when not less than 20 Indian troopers and 4 Chinese language troops had been killed within the worst clashes in 5 many years.

Washington has sought to develop its ties with India despite some variations over points together with human rights.

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