Asked specifically about the recent confrontation in the Himalayan region, Jaishankar said the neighbours had experience dealing with such situations. “I see no reason why, when having handled so many situations in the past, we would not be able to handle it,” he said. During his lecture, Jaishankar described the evolving India-China relationship as having direct implications for Asia and perhaps the world. “In truth, the India-China relationship by now has acquired so many dimensions and so much substance that reducing it to black and white argumentation cannot be a serious proposition,” he said. It is not only that India and China have stakes in each other; the world and especially ASEAN has a vested interest in this matter, he said.

Source: The Telegraph July 11, 2017 10:52 UTC