India says it has agreed with China to work urgently to achieve the withdrawal of tens of thousands of troops stationed along their disputed border in a long-running standoff.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17968613

NEW DELHI (AP) — India and China have agreed to work urgently to achieve the withdrawal of tens of thousands of troops stationed along their disputed border in a long-running standoff, India’s government said.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Thursday on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations meetings in Laos, where they stressed the need for an early resolution of outstanding issues along the disputed Line of Actual Control, the long Himalayan border shared by the two Asian giants.

  • freagle@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    9·
    4 months ago

    This shift in India’s behavior is palpable. I like the analysis published recently that India is positioning itself to be the unsanctioned supply chain conduit for Chinese goods. That sort of thinking means India will follow its own economic self-interest into aligning itself with China and reducing the friction to the spread of BRICS influence ascendancy over G7

  • Eagle Globe & Flanker@urbanists.social
    714·
    4 months ago

    @schizoidman no way China will back away, if they do it is temporary.
    They’re spreading themselves thin, occupying Tibet, intrusion into Bhutan, Xinjiang Uygurs
    being “re-educated”, Hong Kong, threatening Philippines in the South China Sea and harassing Taiwan.

    • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      4 months ago

      Neither side wants to station troops on the Himalayas. It is far too dangerous and expensive. During the last India-Pakistan war, more soldiers died due to the weather than in the fighting. A mutual withdrawal that both sides can trust is the best outcome.