India’s Ambassador to China Vikram Misri has said “closer developmental partnership” between India and China have been “under considerable strain” due to the “serious incidents” and the “resultant violation of peace and tranquility” at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh in April 2020.
Chinese aggressive action in Galwan led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers, the worst such incident at the LAC since 1970s. Both sides have been engaging in multiple rounds of talks and in February this year disengagement at the Pangong lake was achieved but, disengagement in Gogra, Hot Springs, and resolution at Depsang plains remains.
Highlighting how the development had a “particularly strong” impact on the “public opinion”, Envoy Vikram said, “Tendency in some quarters to sweep this situation under the carpet and characterize it as just a minor issue and a matter of perspective” which is “inadvisable” as takes “us further away from a sustained solution to present…