India shoots down 'deal' talk over China incursion, mum on status quo. A day after India and China ended their three-week long face-off in Ladakh, the Indian government today said there was no 'deal' with China, which also confirmed that the incident has been resolved but did not mention whether the status quo in the sector as it existed prior to April 15 will be restored or not.
Dismissing speculation of any 'deal' while resolving the situation, government sources said the two sides have only agreed to sit and talk about peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) while restoring the status quo in the sector. Meanwhile, China stopped short of acknowledging that it's troops, which had intruded 19 kms into Indian territory, were going back to position prior to April 15 but said the incident has been resolved through 'fruitful consultations'.
The two sides exercised restraint and properly handled the incident through relevant mechanisms, diplomatic channels and border meetings, she said. ... contd. India and China scrap border talks after Dalai Lama row. Tensions between China and India rose on after scheduled talks on outstanding border issues were cancelled following a row over a speech by the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism, at a religious event in New Delhi.
The spat is the latest in a series of rows as the emerging Asian giants manoeuvre for power and influence in the region. Diplomats were due this week to discuss the decades-old dispute over the exact line taken by the frontier between the two nations in the Himalayas. The Chinese are believed to have demanded that the Dalai Lama be prevented from giving the keynote speech at the conference, which will be attended by more than 9,000 delegates in New Delhi. Indian officials refused. Local media have reported that the Chinese feared the conference could be used by Tibetans as a platform for criticising Chinese rule over Tibet.
Organisers insist it is a purely cultural and religious event, involving intense theological discussions. "It may just be a timing problem. China and India: rivals always, partners. 2010-12-15 - Le Premier ministre chinois en Inde pour consolider les relations. Le Premier ministre chinois Wen Jiabao est arrivé à New Delhi ce 15 décembre pour une visite de trois jours, avant de se rendre au Pakistan ce week-end.
Les deux géants asiatiques qui représentent à eux seuls plus du tiers des habitants de la planète ont conscience des nombreux contentieux qui les opposent. Mais Pékin et New Delhi savent aussi qu’ils ont besoin l’un de l’autre pour élargir leur influence sur la scène internationale. Avec notre correspondant à Pékin, Stéphane Lagarde Le poids de la délégation chinoise est à lui seul un signe de l’importance que représente cette visite de trois jours aux yeux de Pékin. C’est la deuxième fois après Zhou Enlai, qu’un Premier ministre chinois se rend à deux reprises à New Delhi au cours de son mandat. Wen Jiabao est accompagné de 400 patrons chinois, la plus importante délégation chinoise jamais emmenée en Inde : les banquiers ICBC et Bank of China, l’électricien Shanghai Electric, les aciers SinoSteel, les télécoms ZTE et Huawei.
Why China denied the general a visa - Rediff.com India News. The message that emanates from China's denial of a visa to General B S Jaswal has multiple angles, feels Sheela Bhatt.
According to sources in New Delhi, China's provocative denial of a visa to the Indian Army's Northern Command commander Lieutenant General B S Jaswal may have to do with his professional and even personal opinion on China in addition to the fact that he heads Indian military forces in Jammu and Kashmir. China considers J&K a disputed area and provoked India last year when the Chinese embassy in New Delhi began stapling visas in a separate sheet to applicants from Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh. It was always believed that Chinese information gathering is quite sophisticated and the denial of visa to General Jaswal is evidence of that. India, China likely to resume military exercises next year. All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: September 02, 2012 11:08 IST New Delhi: India and China are expected to resume their bilateral military exercises next year.
A decision in this regard is likely to be taken during the five-day visit of Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie, starting tomorrow. During General Liang's visit, the two sides will discuss about having more Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) and ways of strengthening their military ties, a senior official of the Defence Ministry said. "We are planning to resume the army-to-army exercise 'Hand-in-Hand' from next year and a final decision in this regard would be taken at the meeting between General Liang Guanglie and his Indian counterpart AK Antony," the official said.
Military exercises between the two countries had started in 2007, but were put on hold after a series of hiccups in the defence ties between the two sides. A Defence Minister-level visit to China from India had last taken place in May, 2006.