External affairs minister says China has huge economic stakes in India, the solution lies in diplomacy.
Responding to concerns over the India-China standoff at the tri-junction with Bhutan, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday told Parliament that the government was negotiating not just on the Doklam row, but ‘on the entire bilateral ties’ between the two countries. Confident that a solution will be found through this method, she ruled out war as an option. Speaking in Rajya Sabha at the end of a discussion on ‘India’s foreign policy and engagement with strategic partners’ during which members voiced concerns and raised questions, especially on the standoff with China and the policy on Pakistan, Swaraj said Chinese firms in India had huge economic stakes, one of the reasons behind India’s economic growth.
“We are not just negotiating on Doklam, but the entire bilateral ties… the entire bilateral relationship is being discussed in its entirety, and…