Ajit Doval slams Beijing’s McMahon hypocrisy

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

NEW DELHI: Days after PM Narendra Modi's China visit, national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has raised objections to the manner in which China deals with the border dispute with India and hinted at its hypocrisy in the matter.

Speaking at a BSF function, Doval said China's claims on Tawang (in Arunachal Pradesh) were in contravention of accepted principles of border settlement. Calling it hypocrisy, Doval said China was ready to accept the McMohan Line on its border settlement with Myanmar but not with India.

He, however, stressed that any diplomatic relation with China was incumbent upon resolving the border issue. The statements are significant given that India has been trying to articulate a stance where it is willing to resolve the border dispute but also ready to push its own terms for the same.

"China's stand on the border dispute has been in complete contravention of accepted principles. They have accepted the McMohan Line while settling the border with Myanmar and then they say that the same line is not acceptable in case of India, particularly in Tawang. The settled population in these areas has been part of the national mainstream (of India) all through," Doval said while delivering the Rustamji Memorial Lecture on the 50th anniversary of BSF's foundation.

Doval, however, cautioned that India could not ignore the dispute. "We have to settle this dispute. China is an important country for us. It is one of the world's largest economies. It has got a long border with us. It has a special relationship with Pakistan. Both these countries are nuclear and not the kind of democracies that we are," Doval said.

He also said that while bilateral relations were improving, forces needed to remain vigilant. "With China we have got a very long border which is 2,488 km long. A very difficult terrain. In the bilateral relation with China, border is a critical and vital issue. All advancements in bilateral relations that we make vis-a-vis China centre around the border dispute. Maintenance of peace on the border is important for this," Doval said.

"For the last 30 years, not a single bullet has been fired. But the number of intrusions have gone up and down over the past one year. Bilateral relations have improved of late but we need to remain vigilant. We are particularly worried about the eastern sector," he added.

Ajit Doval slams Beijing’s McMahon hypocrisy - The Times of India

 

[Tractor]

Myanmar our relative and India just an alien nation so the same McMahon(I notice it is McMohan in the above article) line different outcomes.

 

[Suman]

Myanmar your relative, vietnam your spouse, korea and pakistan your sisters, japan your brother, indonesia your father in law, your only enemy is India. Russia and Australia your wouldbes. Enjoy man.

 

[Shan-e-ibrahim]

Myanmar our relative and India just an alien nation so the same McMahon(I notice it is McMohan in the above article) line different outcomes.

You and Indians are fooling the world.
Doing 22 Billion dollars business with them, and later giving your views on McMahon or McMohan what ever you guys call it.

 

[Zarvan]

NEW DELHI: Days after PM Narendra Modi's China visit, national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has raised objections to the manner in which China deals with the border dispute with India and hinted at its hypocrisy in the matter.

Speaking at a BSF function, Doval said China's claims on Tawang (in Arunachal Pradesh) were in contravention of accepted principles of border settlement. Calling it hypocrisy, Doval said China was ready to accept the McMohan Line on its border settlement with Myanmar but not with India.

He, however, stressed that any diplomatic relation with China was incumbent upon resolving the border issue. The statements are significant given that India has been trying to articulate a stance where it is willing to resolve the border dispute but also ready to push its own terms for the same.

"China's stand on the border dispute has been in complete contravention of accepted principles. They have accepted the McMohan Line while settling the border with Myanmar and then they say that the same line is not acceptable in case of India, particularly in Tawang. The settled population in these areas has been part of the national mainstream (of India) all through," Doval said while delivering the Rustamji Memorial Lecture on the 50th anniversary of BSF's foundation.

Doval, however, cautioned that India could not ignore the dispute. "We have to settle this dispute. China is an important country for us. It is one of the world's largest economies. It has got a long border with us. It has a special relationship with Pakistan. Both these countries are nuclear and not the kind of democracies that we are," Doval said.

He also said that while bilateral relations were improving, forces needed to remain vigilant. "With China we have got a very long border which is 2,488 km long. A very difficult terrain. In the bilateral relation with China, border is a critical and vital issue. All advancements in bilateral relations that we make vis-a-vis China centre around the border dispute. Maintenance of peace on the border is important for this," Doval said.

"For the last 30 years, not a single bullet has been fired. But the number of intrusions have gone up and down over the past one year. Bilateral relations have improved of late but we need to remain vigilant. We are particularly worried about the eastern sector," he added.

Ajit Doval slams Beijing’s McMahon hypocrisy - The Times of India

This man is messing with wrong people

 

[Suman]

This man is messing with wrong people

He knows what he is doing, don't worry about him.

 

[Shan-e-ibrahim]

This man is messing with wrong people

He had already messed up long time back. He was also staying illegally in china and Myanmar for 2-3 years with the rebellions.

 

[Alfa-Fighter]

He had already messed up long time back. He was also staying illegally in china and Myanmar for 2-3 years with the rebellions.

Yes, but he is good then Mush, isn't?

 

[PatriotLover]

Myanmar our relative and India just an alien nation so the same McMahon(I notice it is McMohan in the above article) line different outcomes.

Yea and you have huge economic partnership with this alien, joint banks etc. I am afraid your government has different plans than you.

 

[Echo_419]

This man is messing with wrong people

Lol

 

[khujliwal]

Myanmar your relative, vietnam your spouse, korea and pakistan your sisters, japan your brother, indonesia your father in law, your only enemy is India. Russia and Australia your wouldbes. Enjoy man.

ha ha ha, reminds me of Indian Saas Bahu serials. But China has differing perceptions of MM line on different borders, in that he is right.

 

[posedion]

Myanmar our relative and India just an alien nation so the same McMahon(I notice it is McMohan in the above article) line different outcomes.

Communist Capitalists Drabs have relatives that's news to me, faggots can run tanks on students so any difference between NAZI Germany and Communist china None

NAZI germany considered entire world inferior, the gutter propaganda machine caused enormous crime to humanity

These communist faggots think entire world as Barbarians and those with them as Satellites I repeat no difference between this and the NAZI bitches

You and Indians are fooling the world.
Doing 22 Billion dollars business with them, and later giving your views on McMahon or McMohan what ever you guys call it.

One does business with even wantons that does not make them family, we are not u to give a part of motherland for favours

 

[kadamba-warrior]

Myanmar your relative, vietnam your spouse, korea and pakistan your sisters, japan your brother, indonesia your father in law, your only enemy is India. Russia and Australia your wouldbes. Enjoy man.

Agree to that family tree except that Japan's role is more like that of an abusive father.

On Topic: This hypocrisy is exactly what I have been talking about all along. China will never settle any of the border disputes with India simply because they have nothing to gain from settling the borders right now!

Even more importantly, settling the border will unshackle India from the daily drama at the LAC and allow India to focus on its own economic development! Of course, the last thing China would want is another competitor progressing well and then competing for the same limited resources and raw materials and political space worldwide.

It should really be clear to everybody what China is trying to do by allowing the border disputes with India to fester!

 

[Hindustani78]

Explained: Border Question | The Indian Express

March 24, 2015 2:51 am
As new Special Representatives Ajit Doval and Yang Jiechi begin the 18th round of negotiations since 2003, SUSHANT SINGH looks at the background and contours of the border dispute between India and China

What is the origin of the border dispute?
After the British left, membership of all international organizations and treaties signed by British India devolved to India. After the communists took power, China pulled out of all international agreements and “unequal treaties” imposed on it during its “century of humiliation”, and demanded re-negotiation of all borders. The border between China and India has never been delimited.

What is the McMahon Line?
At the 1914 China-Tibet-Britain Simla Convention, Sir Henry McMahon, foreign secretary of British India, drew up the 890-km McMahon Line as the border between British India and Tibet. The line, drawn primarily on the highest watershed principle, marked out previously unclaimed/undefined borders between Britain and Tibet. The line put Tawang and other Tibetan areas in the British empire. The line was forgotten until the British government published the documents in the 1937 edition of Aitchison’s Collection of Treaties. Subsequently, China refused to accept the line.

Was there an effort to resolve the boundary dispute before the 1962 war?
In January 1960, the Chinese politburo decided to open negotiations with India, and reach an understanding through “mutual understanding and mutual concessions”. In an assessment for the politburo, Premier Zhou Enlai envisioned a limited agreement, and suggested China should be ready for a delay in resolving the dispute. Nehru and Zhou met in April 1960, and agreed on only a detailed examination of the claims by their officials. Over the next two years, both sides sought to preserve their claims by posting troops along the border. In the war, the PLA quickly overpowered the Indian troops.

What is the Line of Actual Control (LAC)?
It is supposed to divide areas under Indian and Chinese control since the end of the war. Unlike the LoC, the LAC was not mutually agreed upon. This was because the war ended with a unilateral ceasefire by China.
In the Ladakh sector, the question of where exactly Chinese forces stood after the war remains contested. In the Arunachal sector, China treats the McMahon Line as the LAC. But it challenges India’s claim that it should follow the watershed, i.e., the highest line of the mountains, because the coordinates of the McMahon Line in the 1914 agreement depart at places from the watershed. There is hardly any dispute about the LAC in the Central Sector, which is in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

Where do the Chinese incursions occur?
In areas which both sides claim lie on their side of the LAC. The LAC is contested heavily in the Ladakh sector. In the Eastern sector, contested areas are south of the watershed. There are many more reported cases of incursions in Ladakh than in the Eastern Sector.

When did border negotiations resume?
Ambassadors were exchanged in 1976, foreign minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Beijing in 1979, and eight rounds of official talks took place between 1981 and 1987. Prime Minister Vajpayee’s visit to China in 2003 led to the agreement on appointing special representatives (SRs) and, in April 2005, there was agreement on the political parameters and principles that would underpin negotiations. The aim was a comprehensive solution encompassing all three sectors. The agreed boundary would follow well-defined geographical features and respect the interests of the settled populations. It tacitly acknowledged India’s concerns over places like Tawang by agreeing that settled areas were not up for bargaining, and took China’s demands into account by suggesting that the watershed principle may not be ironclad. 17 round of talks have been held since 2003; the 18th round is currently ongoing in Delhi.

What has been the progress of talks?
Not as much as expected. The two sides have not been able to exchange maps giving their versions of the LAC, except in the Central Sector. Given the differing notions of the LAC, and the hard position taken by China, no exercise in clarification is likely to succeed easily. The countries have been wary of showing their hand; there is not much clarity on what compromises they could sell to domestic constituencies.

With the difficulty in delineating the LAC, what is the way forward?
Under Vajpayee, India initially insisted on talks to clarify the LAC, but by 2003, came round to the view that pending progress on the LAC, it was essential to begin negotiations on the international boundary. The 2005 agreement provides an ideal basis for settlement by mutual concessions. But settlement of the international border has proved elusive due to political concerns.

 

[Nityam]

Myanmar our relative and India just an alien nation so the same McMahon(I notice it is McMohan in the above article) line different outcomes.

So who fcuked who exactly for Myanmar to become your relative ?

But don't worry. We plant to become your Son In Law by fcuking your daughter. That way, we won't remain an "alien nation". or do you prefer to call us "daddy" ?