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Volume III, Issue 1 | - January 2022

8 Feb 2022

DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. [...] The only positive outcome of the meeting, if it could be so stated, was that both sides issued a joint statement agreeing to “follow the guidance provided by the State Leaders and work for the resolution of the remaining issues at the earliest.”38 This was in contrast to the blame game that had followed the 13th round of the meeting, with both sides putting out separate statements. [...] New satellite images have emerged of the construction of a bridge by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) connecting the north and south banks of the Pangong Tso.40 The bridge is approximately 25 kilometres from the site of the 2020 standoff at Finger 4 and will provide access for the swift move of PLA soldiers across the Pangong Tso to react to contingencies on either bank. [...] Qi has been hailed a hero in China for his role in the deadly 2020 India-China clash at the Galwan valley.44 MEA spokesperson Bagchi explained the Indian position, “It is indeed regrettable that the Chinese side has chosen to politicise an event like the Olympics… the Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of India in Beijing will not be attending the opening or the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022. [...] 42 “Joint Communique of the 18th Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of China.” Accessed February 5, 2022.

Authors

Raj Kumar Shahi

Pages
33
Published in
India