Washington, Agency. India has once again turned down the offer of arbitration of another country in case of its border dispute. In this episode on Thursday, the US arbitration offer on the border dispute between India and China has been denied. In this sequence, India has denied many times the talk of American mediation between India and Pakistan. On Thursday, President Trump once offered arbitration to settle the India-China border dispute, but India declined it with ease. In 2017, there was tension between the two countries over Doklam. After this, China is again confusing India over the border dispute.
Trump strongly praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi
In a conversation with reporters at the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, President Donald Trump publicly praised Prime Minister Modi. President Trump said that he has also held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the latest dispute between India-China border. Trump further said that Modi is not in a good mood and he is not ready for any major struggle. Trump said there is a big conflict going on between India and China over the border. Trump said that people like me in India. I think people of India like it more than the media there. I like Modi. I like your Prime Minister very much. Modi is a great gentleman.
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India gave a cautious response
Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Shrivastava said in an online media briefing, in response to questions, “We are constantly working with the Chinese side to resolve this peacefully.” He said that both sides have established mechanisms at both the military and diplomatic levels that can resolve peacefully in the border areas through dialogue and continue to engage through these channels. The Foreign Ministry said that we are working to resolve the border line with China peacefully to settle our decades-old dispute.
China said the border problem will be resolved through consultation
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian in Beijing said on Wednesday that both China and India have the appropriate mechanisms and communication channels to resolve the issues through dialogue and consultation. Trump had earlier offered mediation between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue, which was rejected by New Delhi. However, China’s foreign ministry has not responded to Trump’s tweet, which appears to surprise Beijing, but an op-ed from the state-run Global Times said that the two countries were asked about such No help needed
China claims on southern Tibet
The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488 km long Line of Actual Control. China considers Arunachal Pradesh a part of southern Tibet, while India opposes it. However, both sides are emphasizing that in order to pending the final resolution of the border issue, it is necessary to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas. Indian and Chinese forces were engaged in a 73-day stand-off at Doklam Tri-Junction in 2017, which also raised fears of a war between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
