{"id":48792,"date":"2025-08-31T21:30:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=48792"},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:00:59","slug":"pm-modi-tells-xi-that-india-china-ties-depend-on-border-peace-not-third-country-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/pm-modi-tells-xi-that-india-china-ties-depend-on-border-peace-not-third-country-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi tells Xi that India-China ties depend on border peace, not third-country lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping that the future of India-China relations depends on peace along the border and should not be seen through the prism of a \u201cthird country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Prime Minister noted that both India and China advocate political autonomy and their relations should not be viewed through the mirror of a third country,\u201d the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement after the Modi-Xi meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the \u201cthird country mirror\u201d refers partly to the United States and partly to Pakistan. The message, they said, underscores that New Delhi sees its ties with Beijing as independent, even though India is part of the Quad grouping with the US, Japan and Australia. Pakistan, meanwhile, continues to position itself as a China-backed player on India\u2019s western front.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting comes amid strains in India-US relations over Washington\u2019s tariff policies, making Modi\u2019s engagement with Xi closely watched.<\/p>\n<p>The long-standing border issue also figured in the talks. \u201cThe Prime Minister emphasized the importance of peace and tranquility in the border areas for the continued development of bilateral relations,\u201d the MEA said.<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders agreed to seek a \u201cfair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution\u201d to the border dispute while expressing satisfaction over the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after troop withdrawals in October last year.<\/p>\n<p>They also agreed to support measures discussed during the 24th round of Special Representative-level talks between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi on August 19. Both Doval and Wang were present during the Modi-Xi meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping that the future of India-China relations depends on peace along the border and should not be seen through the prism of a \u201cthird country.\u201d \u201cThe Prime Minister noted that both India and China advocate political autonomy and their relations should not be viewed through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":48793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,37,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-national","category-political-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PM Modi tells Xi that India-China ties depend on border peace, not third-country lens - 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