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China-India relations: ambassador warns New Delhi not to try to decouple economies
- Ties between two countries were badly damaged by last month’s deadly clash in the Galwan Valley
- Ambassador Sun Weidong says that trying to clarify disputed border risks further disputes
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China’s ambassador to India has warned against economic decoupling following the border stand-off and said attempts to clarify the de facto border could cause “new disputes”.
In an online discussion with former Indian diplomats, Sun Weidong called for the “proper handling” of differences and expressed “confidence” about working with India.
Relations between the two countries are at their lowest point in decades after a deadly clash last month in the Himalayas.
“In fact, the Chinese and Indian economies are interwoven and interdependent … Whether you want it or not, the trend is difficult to reverse. Both China and India have been deeply embedded in the global industrial chain and supply chain,” Sun said.
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“The forced decoupling of the Chinese and Indian economies is against the trend and will only lead to a ‘lose-lose’ outcome.”
Sun was speaking a day after the Indian government hailed a deal to buy five Rafale jets from France as helping it “to deter any threats”.
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