The Chief of Chinese diplomacy will go to India on Monday to discuss the resumption of border trade between the two countries after five years of interruption, the Ministry of Chinese Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday. “From August 18 to 20 … (Chinese Foreign Minister) Wang Yi will go to India and participate in the 24th Meeting of Special Representatives on the issue of the Sino-India border,” said a spokesman for Chinese diplomacy in a statement published online.
Even if the trade between these two countries, through the great altitude passes of the Himalayas, in the past it was weak in terms of volume, any recovery now has a symbolic value. These exchanges have been interrupted since the violent confrontation that opposed their soldiers in 2020 on the border in Himalayas, which cost the lives of at least 20 Indian and 4 Chinese soldiers. The two countries share an edge of 3,500 kilometers, disputed in certain parts, causing regular incidents.
New step in diplomatic warming
In recent weeks, representatives of India and China have indicated that the two countries discussed the resumption of border trade. Wang Yi will meet with Ajit Doval, the National Security Advisor of India, confirmed Indian diplomacy in a statement published on Saturday, and then will have its counterpart Subrahmanyama Jaishankar, a month after his meeting in Beijing.
India and China have been competing for a long time for the strategic influence in southern Asia, but in the face of turbulence caused by the duties of US customs, the two countries have decided to reconnect. This resumption of the border trade dialogue is perceived as a new step in diplomatic warming between the two countries, after the agreements on the resumption of direct aerial ties between the two countries and the issuance of tourist visas.
Source: BFM TV
