Indian and Chinese troops were involved in a 73-day stand-off at the Doklam tri-junction of India, Bhutan and China between June to August last year. (File)
Bilateral ties between India and China can't take the strain of another Doklam episode, Chinese envoy to India Luo Zhaohui said Monday, emphasising on the need to find a “mutually acceptable solution” on the boundary issue through a meeting of the Special Representatives. The Chinese envoy said at an event In New Delhi that “some Indian friends” had suggested a trilateral summit comprising India, China and Pakistan, which was a “very constructive” idea.
Dwelling on Sino-Indian ties, he said it is quite natural to have differences but they need to be controlled and managed through cooperation. “We need to control, manage, narrow differences through expanding cooperation. The boundary question was left over by history. We need to find a mutual acceptable solution through Special Representatives' Meeting while adopting confidence building measures,” he said. “We cannot stand another Doklam (sic),” the envoy said.
He was delivering a keynote address on ‘Beyond Wuhan: How Far and Fast can China-India Relations Go' at an event…
