Five-Point Consensus To Ease India-China Border Tension

Karishma Jha

Pune, September 11, 2020: Bilateral talks between Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi took place in Moscow to reduce tension on the border. The joint statement issued after the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of India and China said that Confidence Building Measures (CBM) would have to be worked out to maintain peace on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). At the same time, it was clearly stated that the priority of both countries would be to rear their respective armies.

The two Foreign Ministers agreed that as soon as the situation eases, both sides should take measures to build new mutual trust to maintain and enhance peace in the border area. This meeting was held in Moscow on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed that both sides should seek guidance from a series of consensus of leaders to develop India-China relations. Also, differences should not be allowed to become a controversy. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that both sides had reached a five-point consensus about the current situation after much intense discussion. After the meeting, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, China and India are two neighbouring countries and it is very natural that China and India have disagreements on some issues, but the important thing here is to see those disagreements in the right perspective.