India facing ‘very complicated challenge’ from China, says S Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that India is facing a “very complicated challenge” from China which has been particularly visible in the last three years in the border areas, reported PTI.

“There are clearly responses that are required, and those responses have been undertaken by the government,” Jaishankar said. “And a lot of it to ensure that no attempt is made to unilaterally change the status quo in the border areas.”

Ties between India and China have remained strained since the militaries of the two countries clashed in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June 2020. Tensions had flared at multiple friction points, with both countries stationing tens of thousands of troops backed by artillery, tanks and fighter jets.

Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in the clash, while China had put the number of casualties on its side at four. The two countries have been locked in a border row since then.

Tensions between the two countries escalated once again two years later on December 9, after Indian and Chinese troops clashed in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh. New Delhi said that the clash took place after Chinese soldiers attempted to change the status quo at the Line of Actual Control.

In March, Jaishankar had said that relations between New Delhi...

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