Beijing. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that bilateral relations between India and China should be seen from the ‘strategic perspective and long-term perspective’ and the consensus reached between the leaders of the two countries should be implemented. China’s Foreign Ministry gave this reaction to the recent comments of Foreign Minister S Jaishankar. Jaishankar had said that India and China are trying to disentangle themselves from the complexities arising from the border situation post-2020 and there is a need to give greater consideration to the long-term development of relations between the two countries.
“We need to view bilateral relations from a strategic height and long-term perspective, bring relations back on the track of cordial and stable development, and live in harmony with major neighboring countries,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told reporters here. And there is a need to find the right path to develop together.” Discussing various aspects of New Delhi’s relations with Beijing over the past decades, Jaishankar had said in the Nani Palkhiwala Memorial Lecture in Mumbai on January 18 that past policy-makers’ “misinterpretations”, be it “idealism or The absence of practical politics has helped neither cooperation nor competition with China.
He had said that this attitude has changed in the last decade and mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity should remain the basis of relations between the two sides. The External Affairs Minister said that more consideration needs to be given to the long-term development of relations. Responding to a question on Jaishankar’s comments, Guo said that as two major civilizations, developing countries and emerging economies, China and India need to focus on development and enhance cooperation. He said it serves the fundamental interests of more than 2.8 billion people of the two countries, meets the shared aspirations of regional countries and peoples, is in line with the historical trend of strengthening the Global South and promotes peace in the region and the wider world. And is conducive to prosperity.
