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Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned down Chinese President Xi Jinping’s request to re-assert New Delhi’s commitment to "One-China policy” and shut down the Tibetan Government-in-Exile based in India.
Modi dug his heels in after Xi declined to make any commitment on India’s request to change Beijing’s policy of issuing "stapled visas” to citizens of Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
The bonhomie between the two leaders on the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad two days back had fuelled speculation about an imminent thaw in bilateral ties during the Modi-Xi meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. But the face-off between border troops of the two countries along the Line of Actual Control overshadowed the talks and they could not make any significant headway in narrowing differences on other contentious issues.
The joint statement issued at the end of the Chinese President’s visit on Friday took note of India’s concern over growing imbalance in its trade with China. Xi assured Modi of taking "positive steps” to rebalance bilateral trade and address existing structural imbalances in commercial relations between the two countries.
Apart from setting up two industrial parks in Maharashtra and Gujarat, China also committed to invest $ 20 billion in India over the next five years. The pledged amount is much lower than what a diplomat of the communist country had told journalists in Mumbai ahead of Xi’s visit.
Chinese Consul General in Mumbai, Liu Youfa, was quoted by media that Xi’s visit would see China committing about $ 100 billion investment in India over the next five years. The diplomat had purportedly made the remark after Japan had committed to invest $ 35 billion in India during Modi’s recent visit to Tokyo and his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Sources told Deccan Herald that the Chinese President had requested Modi to reiterate a reference to One-China policy in the joint statement to be issued at the end of his visit.
But Modi, according to the sources, told Xi that his Government would not agree to return of the phrase in any bilateral diplomatic text as long as Beijing does not stop questioning India’s sovereignty over Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
India, earlier, routinely recognised Tibet Autonomous Region as an integral part of China in all the joint declarations and bilateral documents. It also remained committed to "One-China policy”, thus consistently denying recognition to the existence of Republic of China or Taiwan. New Delhi, however, has been keeping both the references out of all bilateral diplomatic texts since 2010, in response to China’s policy of issuing "stapled visas”.
Modi also turned down Xi’s request to restrict the activities of the Dalai Lama, whose advice to China to learn from India’s democracy was aired by TV channels. -
See more at: Xi refuses 'stapled visa' roll back, Modi says no to 'One-China' - Deccan Herald
Modi dug his heels in after Xi declined to make any commitment on India’s request to change Beijing’s policy of issuing "stapled visas” to citizens of Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
The bonhomie between the two leaders on the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad two days back had fuelled speculation about an imminent thaw in bilateral ties during the Modi-Xi meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. But the face-off between border troops of the two countries along the Line of Actual Control overshadowed the talks and they could not make any significant headway in narrowing differences on other contentious issues.
The joint statement issued at the end of the Chinese President’s visit on Friday took note of India’s concern over growing imbalance in its trade with China. Xi assured Modi of taking "positive steps” to rebalance bilateral trade and address existing structural imbalances in commercial relations between the two countries.
Apart from setting up two industrial parks in Maharashtra and Gujarat, China also committed to invest $ 20 billion in India over the next five years. The pledged amount is much lower than what a diplomat of the communist country had told journalists in Mumbai ahead of Xi’s visit.
Chinese Consul General in Mumbai, Liu Youfa, was quoted by media that Xi’s visit would see China committing about $ 100 billion investment in India over the next five years. The diplomat had purportedly made the remark after Japan had committed to invest $ 35 billion in India during Modi’s recent visit to Tokyo and his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Sources told Deccan Herald that the Chinese President had requested Modi to reiterate a reference to One-China policy in the joint statement to be issued at the end of his visit.
But Modi, according to the sources, told Xi that his Government would not agree to return of the phrase in any bilateral diplomatic text as long as Beijing does not stop questioning India’s sovereignty over Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
India, earlier, routinely recognised Tibet Autonomous Region as an integral part of China in all the joint declarations and bilateral documents. It also remained committed to "One-China policy”, thus consistently denying recognition to the existence of Republic of China or Taiwan. New Delhi, however, has been keeping both the references out of all bilateral diplomatic texts since 2010, in response to China’s policy of issuing "stapled visas”.
Modi also turned down Xi’s request to restrict the activities of the Dalai Lama, whose advice to China to learn from India’s democracy was aired by TV channels. -
See more at: Xi refuses 'stapled visa' roll back, Modi says no to 'One-China' - Deccan Herald
