After a gap of over seven years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to travel to China later this month to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky claimed on X(Tweeter) that Russia is using mercenaries from China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and various African countries to fight against Ukraine in the ongoing war. “We will respond” said Zelensky.
How much India should trade with any country must be guided by its national interest. No diktat from any country should govern it as it would amount to sacrificing its right to govern itself.
India beginning to issue tourist visas to Chinese nationals after a gap of five years is much more than a bureaucratic gesture. It is a diplomatic signal to improve relations.
China has started building a huge hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River called Brahmaputra in India near the Nyingchi region in Tibet, close to Arunachal Pradesh. It plans to build five dams to generate massive amounts of electricity more than the Three Gorges Dam.
Tourist visas have started to be issued by the Indian government after a gap of five years. This news was issued by the Indian Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday. The Chinese Ministry of Affairs called this a “positive” decision, calling it marks another step in normalising India-China ties ruptured by the military standoff at the Line of Actual Control and Galwan clashes in 2020.
A mega-dam is being built by China on a river through Tibet and India, with Premier Li Qiang attending the commencement ceremony. However, this mega-dam can have a potential impact on millions of people in India and Bangladesh.
These range from ministerial visits to revival of direct flights and pilgrimages. To call a spade by no other name, necessity rather than mutual goodwill seems to be at work.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar recently embarked on a significant diplomatic mission to Singapore and China, visiting both countries from July 13 to 15.
