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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said reaching a balance and maintaining bilateral ties is going to be one of the “biggest challenges” for India-China relations.
Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, Jaishankar cautioned against China’s “mind games” of limiting issues under the bilateral framework and said India needs to use other factors in the world to get better terms on balance. We should not give up our rights. informed of.
The External Affairs Minister also said that there will come a time when the Chinese economy will stagnate and India will be growing and cited Goldman Sachs estimates that by 2075, both the countries could become over US$50 trillion economies.
“It’s in the nature of things that at some stage everyone calms down. So there will come a period when they (China) will be flat and we will be rising… For example, in the predictions of Goldman Sachs which This is what we will actually achieve by 2075, both will become over US$50 trillion economies and both will be closest to each other,” he said.
He further said that India must be confident enough to “leverage” the international system to create the “best possible outcome”.
His comments came in response to questions on whether there would be an agreement between China and India and whether the two countries would eventually be able to balance or balance their frosty relations.
“The immediate issue here is that: since the late 1980s, there was an understanding between us on the border, because it suited both of us. Now after almost 30 years there has been a departure from them in terms of their behaviour. There is a departure from the border. And there was pushback from our side,” he said according to PTI.
“I think reaching that balance, then maintaining it and refreshing it, will be one of the biggest challenges for both countries. It’s not going to be easy,” he said.
The External Affairs Minister said that “mind games” would be played that it was “just between the two of us”.
He said, “The other 190 odd countries do not exist in our relationship. That would be a mind game that would be played. I don’t think we should play that.”
He said, “Because if there are other factors in the world that I can use to get better terms on balance, why should I give up that right.”
Speaking on Russia, Jaishankar said Moscow is a power with a huge tradition of statecraft and is turning more towards Asia or non-Western parts of the world.
Jaishankar, speaking on Moscow’s growing closeness with Beijing, said it makes sense to give Russia multiple options and reducing it to a single option and criticizing it for this would be like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
He said, “I think it makes sense to give Russia multiple options. If we lump Russia into a single option and say this is really bad because that’s the outcome, then you make it a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Have been.”
Jaishankar said, “Today it is important for other countries, especially in Asia, to engage with Russia. Russia is a power with a vast tradition of statecraft.”