Beijing, Might 10 (PTI) China is able to work with India to “accommodate” one another’s considerations and discover a mutually acceptable answer to “particular points” by way of dialogue at an early date, Beijing’s new envoy to New Delhi Xu Feihong has mentioned, remarks that got here towards the backdrop of the extended army standoff in jap Ladakh.
An Assistant Minister ranked official, Xu, 60, appointed by Chinese language President Xi Jinping for the delicate job, mentioned he regards his posting in New Delhi as an “honourable mission and a sacred responsibility” to enhance and advance the bilateral ties.
“It’s an honourable mission and a sacred responsibility. I’ll do my greatest to deepen understanding and friendship between the 2 peoples, broaden exchanges and cooperation in numerous fields, and enhance and advance the bilateral relationship,” Xu informed PTI and China’s state-run CGTN-TV in a media interplay right here earlier than leaving for New Delhi to take up his posting.
“China is able to work with India to accommodate one another’s considerations, discover a mutually acceptable answer to particular points by way of dialogue at an early date, and switch the web page as quickly as doable,” Xu mentioned with out elaborating additional.
Xu beforehand served as China’s Ambassador to Afghanistan and Romania, in addition to senior cadre-level postings within the ruling Communist Get together of China (CPC).
He succeeds veteran Chinese language diplomat Solar Weidong, who accomplished his tenure in October 2022. He’s at present China’s Vice Overseas Minister.
Xu’s appointment comes after an unusually lengthy delay of 18 months amid strained relations between the 2 international locations over the Ladakh army standoff.
Relations between the 2 international locations hit a low apart from commerce ever for the reason that jap Ladakh border standoff erupted on Might 5, 2020, following a violent conflict within the Pangong Tso (lake) space. The 2 sides have up to now held 21 rounds of Corps Commander-level talks to resolve the standoff.
India is urgent the Individuals’s Liberation Military (PLA) to disengage from the Depsang and Demchok areas, sustaining that there can’t be restoration of normalcy in its relations with China so long as the state of the borders stays irregular.
In line with the Chinese language army, the 2 sides up to now agreed to disengage from 4 factors, particularly the Galwan Valley, the Pangong Lake, Sizzling Springs, and Jianan Daban (Gogra).
As he set to take over his posting in New Delhi, Xu was candid and hopeful about resolving the current impasse in bilateral ties.
“I famous Prime Minister Modi’s feedback on the significance of China-India ties, and the Chinese language Overseas Ministry spokesperson responded to that proper afterwards,” Xu mentioned.
In his current interview with Newsweek journal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned India’s relationship with China is necessary and important.
“The Chinese language aspect all the time believes that China-India ties shouldn’t be outlined by any single subject or space; the boundary query is just not the whole thing of the connection. Talking on the Indian Council of World Affairs in September 2014, President Xi Jinping mentioned that we should not focus our consideration solely on variations and overlook about our friendship and cooperation, nonetheless much less ought to we permit the variations to face in the best way of our growth and intrude with the general development of bilateral relations,” Xu mentioned.
On how he seen his appointment after a substantial hiatus, Xu mentioned, “It’s my nice honour to be appointed by His Excellency President Xi Jinping because the seventeenth Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Individuals’s Republic of China to the Republic of India”.
“I stay up for, and I belief that I’ll have, the assist and help from the Indian authorities and pals from all sectors as I work to carry out my ambassadorial duties,” he mentioned.
Xu additionally mentioned cooperation and coordination between India and China on world and regional affairs wouldn’t solely deliver alternatives to each but additionally have an “necessary optimistic affect” on an affordable worldwide order.
The world at present is experiencing profound adjustments unseen in a century. “We face a number of world challenges resembling local weather change, meals and vitality crises, weak financial restoration and so forth,” Xu mentioned.
“Nearer communication and coordination on world and regional affairs won’t solely deliver alternatives to each international locations and the world but additionally add stability and positivity to worldwide relations. It is going to have an necessary optimistic affect on the event of a good and affordable worldwide order,” he mentioned. PTI KJV NSA ZH AKJ GSN