Tibet Issue Remains Friction Point as India-China Seek Normalised Relations

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DHARAMSALA, 14 July: A week after the historic 90th birthday celebration of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet at his official residence in Dharamsala, India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar today called for “continued normalisation of ties” between India and China during his meeting with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing. According to Hindustan Times, Jaishankar met Han in Beijing shortly after arriving in China to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) scheduled to be held in Tianjin on 15 July. This is his first visit to China since the bilateral ties were hit by the Galwan border clashes in 2020. In widely reported remarks, the Indian minister has welcomed the “steadily improving” bilateral relationship between the two Asian giants since the meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Xi Jinping in Kazan Last October and said, “Continued normalisation of our ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes”.

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