At event to commemorate Indian doctor, China envoy prods New Delhi for talks
Without directly referring to the military standoff in the Ladakh sector of the LAC that has entered its sixth month, the envoy said it was “normal” .
At event to commemorate Indian doctor, China envoy prods New Delhi for talks
India and China should manage and resolve their differences through dialogue and consultation and not allow them to become disputes, Chinese ambassador Sun Weidong has said against the backdrop of the stalemate in disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control. Without directly referring to the military standoff in the Ladakh sector of the LAC that has entered its sixth month, the envoy said it was “normal” for two major neighbours such as India and China to have differences. The common interests of the two sides “far outweigh the frictions and differences”, he added. Sun made the remarks during his speech at an online symposium organised on Tuesday by the Chinese embassy to mark the 110th birth anniversary of Dwarkanath Kotnis, an Indian doctor revered by the Chinese people for his services during the Sino-Japanese war of 1938. Kotnis died in China in 1942. The text of the envoy’s speech was released by the embassy on Wednesday. “Recently, the bilateral relations have encounte…
