Gautam Bambawale pointed out that India had boundary issues with China but chose to build on other relationships and today China is one of India’s biggest trade partners.
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He said people living in glass houses should not be throwing stones at others. However, the issue of Jammu and Kashmir is domestic and “you should focus on your problems”, he added.
Modi on Sunday emphasised the necessity to address the root causes of terrorism emanating from the neighbourhood, leaving little doubt that his message was aimed at getting China to pressure Pakistan rather than blocking a United Nations ban against Jaish chief Masood Azhar.
Obama in his intervention during the G20 summit praised Modi for the recent tax reform as an example of “bold policy” in an otherwise “difficult global economic scenario”.
“India has a policy of zero tolerance to terrorism”.
In an obvious reference to the Kashmir dispute, Bambawale said the two countries should not be talking on just one issue, rather on all issues.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visits China next month to attend the G20 summit+.
The Indian envoy said that even when tensions were high between the two countries, there had been contacts at the operational level. India, Modi said, also needed more United Kingdom participation in “Make in India”.
When Pakistan arrested Jadhav on charges of spying, India said he was an Indian national and sought consular access, but it was not given, Bambawale said.
The road to normalization of Pakistan-India relations, he said, lay through greater trade and business, the roadmap for which was prepared by the two governments in 2012.
The roadmap in this regard was prepared by the two governments in 2012 could be unveiled soon.
The total trade between the two countries was worth just $2.5 billion a year while its potential was of $20 billion, the Dawn quoted him as saying.
“There is a great potential that needs to be tapped”.
Today China was one of India’s largest trading partners, he pointed out.
“We should start by grabbing the low hanging fruit”.
Indian military officials say the plan is to equip regiments deployed at the China border+ with the BrahMos missile+, made under an India-Russian joint venture, as part of ongoing efforts to build up military and civilian infrastructure capabilities there.
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“We asked for consular access to Yadav, but our request was turned down by Pakistan”.
