We encourage both sides to engage in dialogue on border issues, said Prime Minister Johnson
London:
Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on India and China to enter into a dialogue to resolve their border problems when he described the escalation in eastern Ladakh as “a very serious and worrying situation” that the United Kingdom Uni is watching closely.
On Wednesday, Mr. Johnson’s first official statement was made during his weekly Prime Minister’s questions (PMQ) in the House of Commons.
Responding to Conservative Party MP Flick Drummond on the implications for British interests of a dispute between a “member of the Commonwealth and the greatest democracy in the world on the one hand, and a state which challenges our notion of democracy on the other “, he described the escalation in eastern Ladakh as” a very serious and worrying situation “, which the United Kingdom” is closely monitoring “.
“Perhaps the best thing I can say … is that we encourage the two sides to enter into a dialogue on border issues and to settle them,” said the Prime Minister.
In a statement to New Delhi on Wednesday, the Department of External Affairs (MEA) said that India and China had agreed that the swift implementation of the previously agreed agreement on the disengagement of troops from checkpoints in eastern Ladakh would help ensure peace and tranquility at the border. areas.
During diplomatic talks between India and China, the situation in the region was discussed in detail and the Indian side expressed concern over the violent confrontation in the Galwan Valley on June 15. Twenty Indian military personnel were killed in the clash. There have also been several deaths for the Chinese military, but China has yet to report an official number.
The talks took place amid escalating tensions between the two countries following the violent clashes in the Galwan Valley on June 15.
Indian and Chinese armies are stuck in Pangong Tso, Galwan Valley, Demchok and Daulat Beg Oldie in eastern Ladakh. A considerable number of members of the Chinese army have even transgressed the Indian side of the real line of control in several regions, including Pangong Tso.
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