NEW DELHI: Describing India’s engagement with China as complex, the government said in Parliament on Wednesday that the two countries agreed that the future direction of India-China relations should be built upon respecting each other’s sensitivities, concerns and aspirations. The two sides have also agreed to manage their differences and not let them ecome disputes, it added.
Unlike China, which doesn’t want the border dispute to come in the way of overall development of ties, India has maintained that if peace and tranquility along the LAC is disturbed it will have an adverse impact on the relationship.
“As regards the boundary question, the two sides agree that pending final settlement of the boundary question, maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas is an essential basis for the overall development of the bilateral relationship,” said MoS (MEA) V Muraleedharan in reply to a written question in Lok Sabha.
He said while the two sides were able to reach an agreement on disengagement in the north and south banks the Pangong Tso, there were still some outstanding issues with regard to deployment and patrolling at some other points along the LAC in eastern Ladakh.