China and India should be partners, not adversaries says that the Minister of Foreign Affairs

India and China should consider each other as “partners” rather than “adversaries or threats,” Chinese Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said on Monday when he arrived for a two -day visit to Delhi.

Yi met the Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaishankar – only the second meeting of this type between the two parties since 2020 – when fatal clashes in the Galwan valley in Ladakh, a border region of the disputed Himalayas, led to a complete breakdown of the links between the countries.

Relations are now on a “positive trend” towards cooperation, said Yi before a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

Jaishankar said that India and China were trying to “go from the front of a difficult period in our links”.

The two counterparts have had discussions on a range of bilateral business problems for pilgrimages and the sharing of river data.

Yi should also meet the Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval for current negotiations on the resolution of the border dispute between the two countries.

The visit is considered to be the last sign of a thaw of links between nuclear neighbors.

India and China had agreed with patrols to defuse tensions along the Himalayan border contested in October from last year.

Since then, the two parties have taken a series of measures to normalize relations, including China allowing Indian pilgrims to visit key places in the autonomous Tibet region this year. India has also restarted visa services to Chinese tourists and has agreed to resume talks to open the border trade by designated passes.

There are also reports that direct flights between the two countries will resume this year.

YI meetings are expected to set the foundations for Modina’s first visit to China in seven years later this month, to attend the Shanghai cooperation organization (SCO), a regional security block.

The reports suggest that Modi could also organize bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but none of the parties confirmed this.

The rapprochement between countries is involved in the context of the worsening of Bilateral relations of India with the United States.

Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump imposed an additional 25% penalty on Indian imports for the purchase of oil and weapons from Russia, bearing total rates at 50% – the highest in Asia.

On Monday, the Commercial Advisor of the White House, Peter Navarro, wrote an opinion article in the Financial Times in which he accused India of “putting himself both in Russia and in China”.

“India acts as a global exchange center for Russian oil, converting the raw embargo to high -value exports while giving Moscow the dollars it needs,” Navarro wrote.

“If India wants to be treated as a strategic partner in the United States, it must start acting as such,” he said.

In his remarks after meeting Yi on Monday, Jaishankar said that talks would include world developments.

“We are looking for a fair, balanced and multipolar global order, including a multipolar Asia,” said Jaishankar.

“Reformed multilateralism is also the call of the day. In the current environment, it is clearly imperative to maintain and improve the stability of the world economy,” he added.

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