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Working with India to take bilateral ties forward post-Doklam: China

Press Trust of India, Kolkata | By
Sep 24, 2017 08:34 AM IST

We have left the Doklam episode behind and are working together to take forward the bilateral relationship, Chinese consul general Ma Zhanwu says.

China and India are working together to “take forward” their relationship leaving behind the Doklam episode, the Chinese consul general said in Kolkata.

An Indian soldier with his Chinese counterpart at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China.(AFP file)
An Indian soldier with his Chinese counterpart at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China.(AFP file)

Chinese consul general Ma Zhanwu also asserted that by working together cooperation and exchanges can be further enhanced.

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“India and China are working together. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping had a meeting on September 5 to discuss how to enhance the relationship,” Zhanwu said on Friday night while addressing an event to mark the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

“As long as the two countries work together, we will able to enhance and develop exchanges and cooperation,” he said.

Asked if both the countries have left behind the Doklam episode, Zhanwu said, “Yes we have left that behind and are working together to take forward the bilateral relationship”.

Prime Minister Modi had met President Xi on the sidelines of the 9th BRICS Summit on September 5.

The two leaders had agreed that both the countries should put in more effort to strengthen the cooperation between their security personnel and ensure that Dokalam-like incidents do not recur.

The Chinese and the Indian troops were engaged in a prolonged standoff in the Dokalam area of the Sikkim sector since June 16 after the Indian side stopped the construction of a road by the Chinese Army.

On August 28, India’s External Affairs Ministry announced that New Delhi and Beijing have decided on “expeditious disengagement” of their border troops in the disputed Dokalam area.

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