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Barely a month ahead of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaos visit to India next month, New Delhi has made it clear that it expects Beijing to set the record straight on Jammu & Kashmir by reciprocating just the way India has done in the case of Chinese sensitivities in Tibet and Taiwan.
This was conveyed by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna to his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in the course a 70-minute bilateral conversation on the margins of the Russia-India-China trilateral meet here on Sunday.
However, Yang continued to be ambiguous in his response and did not even raise the issue of New Delhi having frozen high-level military exchanges after Beijing conveyed that the Northern Army Commander would have to be considered for a stapled visa as he is in-charge of a disputed area.
Giving out details of these talks, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao put it bluntly on record: Our minister (Krishna) referred to the need to show mutual sensitivity and that the Chinese side needs to be sensitive to our concerns in J&K like India has been sensitive to Chinese concerns on Taiwan and Tibet.
Yang, on his part, sought to give the impression that China has an even-handed approach on the issue and wants India and Pakistan to resolve the matter through dialogue. New Delhi has always questioned this oft-repeated Chinese line because first, there is no way to verify this claim and second, the Sino-Pak relationship is at quite a different level where these questions are largely irrelevant.
Significantly, on Indias quest for permanent membership of the UN Security Council, China on Sunday confirmed its willingness to increase consultations and communications with India. The Chinese side had never suggested such discussions in the past and the first indications came in official reaction to US President Barack Obamas endorsement to Indias candidature.
Besides this, the two sides agreed to formalise an annual meeting between the two foreign ministers. This was first mooted by Krishna when he visited China to mark the establishment of 60 years of diplomatic relations. Rao disclosed that Krishna invited Yang to visit India early next year and that the latter has accepted the invitation.
Krishna also met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and discussed with him the upcoming bilateral visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. But in this case, specific deliverables were on the agenda with both sides agreeing to continue the conversations after the India-Russia inter-governmental commission meets in India next week.
Lavrov conveyed Russian support to Indias possible entry into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Later, Krishna had dinner along with Lavrov and Yang as the three leaders discussed the situation in Asia-Pacific and the Sino-Russian idea of an open and inclusive security architecture for the region.
Yang also conveyed that Beijing had decided to invite South Africa for the next BRIC (Brazil-Russia-India-China) meet in China. In many ways, Rao indicated that this could be the birth of BRICSA.
India equates Jammu & Kashmir with Tibet?
This was conveyed by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna to his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in the course a 70-minute bilateral conversation on the margins of the Russia-India-China trilateral meet here on Sunday.
However, Yang continued to be ambiguous in his response and did not even raise the issue of New Delhi having frozen high-level military exchanges after Beijing conveyed that the Northern Army Commander would have to be considered for a stapled visa as he is in-charge of a disputed area.
Giving out details of these talks, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao put it bluntly on record: Our minister (Krishna) referred to the need to show mutual sensitivity and that the Chinese side needs to be sensitive to our concerns in J&K like India has been sensitive to Chinese concerns on Taiwan and Tibet.
Yang, on his part, sought to give the impression that China has an even-handed approach on the issue and wants India and Pakistan to resolve the matter through dialogue. New Delhi has always questioned this oft-repeated Chinese line because first, there is no way to verify this claim and second, the Sino-Pak relationship is at quite a different level where these questions are largely irrelevant.
Significantly, on Indias quest for permanent membership of the UN Security Council, China on Sunday confirmed its willingness to increase consultations and communications with India. The Chinese side had never suggested such discussions in the past and the first indications came in official reaction to US President Barack Obamas endorsement to Indias candidature.
Besides this, the two sides agreed to formalise an annual meeting between the two foreign ministers. This was first mooted by Krishna when he visited China to mark the establishment of 60 years of diplomatic relations. Rao disclosed that Krishna invited Yang to visit India early next year and that the latter has accepted the invitation.
Krishna also met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and discussed with him the upcoming bilateral visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. But in this case, specific deliverables were on the agenda with both sides agreeing to continue the conversations after the India-Russia inter-governmental commission meets in India next week.
Lavrov conveyed Russian support to Indias possible entry into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Later, Krishna had dinner along with Lavrov and Yang as the three leaders discussed the situation in Asia-Pacific and the Sino-Russian idea of an open and inclusive security architecture for the region.
Yang also conveyed that Beijing had decided to invite South Africa for the next BRIC (Brazil-Russia-India-China) meet in China. In many ways, Rao indicated that this could be the birth of BRICSA.
India equates Jammu & Kashmir with Tibet?
