China-India border row: prepare for the long haul in talks, Indian foreign minister says
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says the situation is complicated and he won’t be ‘stampeded’ into a resolution
- Tensions have already had a big impact on bilateral relations, Chinese analyst says
India’s foreign minister has warned that border talks with China could last for years and Beijing should take a “long view” of the dispute.
“[T]here are complicated issues [that] will take time and I will go for what is my interest and my bottom line,” the report quoted him as saying on Wednesday. “I will not be stampeded into accepting something which is less.”
Seven months and eight rounds of commander-level talks have passed since the two Asian neighbours had their worst military confrontation in decades along their disputed border.
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During the Sumdorong Chu crisis, India moved more than 10 army divisions and several air force squadrons to the east section of the disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC), while China staged the biggest military exercise since the 1962 border war in the region.