Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor on Monday said tension between India and China has increased in last two-three years and relations could be normalised by keeping border issues on the backburner, just like the UPA government did during its regime. He also said during the UPA regime, India did good trade with China but at present China was benefitted more as export from India was less than the import from the neighbouring country. We (the UPA government) tried with China, what we wanted to do with Pakistan, that to keep border issues on backburner, as they are not going to settle instantly and to continue with normal relations," he said. Tharoor, who was in Jaipur to deliver a lecture on "Rewriting history and redefining nationalism", also said, "We can continue with normal relations with them (the neighbouring countries) by keeping issues of border disputes on backburner". We did good trade with China but now China is more benefitted because the export from India is less than import.

Source: dna September 05, 2016 16:52 UTC