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Is all Well? Indian PM Plays Down India-China Friction

© AFP 2023 / PRAKASH SINGHIndia Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) gestures while talking with China's President Xi Jingping during the BRICS leaders' meeting with the BRICS Business Council at the Taj Exotica hotel in Goa on October 16, 2016
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) gestures while talking with China's President Xi Jingping during the BRICS leaders' meeting with the BRICS Business Council at the Taj Exotica hotel in Goa on October 16, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Narendra Modi had ceded its decade-long Tibet policy and border relations with China since May 2014 for the sake of garnering equal support from Beijing at various International forums including at NSGs. But, sensing it unproductive, Modi has started to follow more determined approach to tackling Dragon's behavior at diplomatically and militarily.

New Delhi (Sputnik) — Amid a war of words with China, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed the relationship with Beijing as 'normal'.

"I see the rise of India and China as an unprecedented economic opportunity for our two countries, and for the whole world. At the same time, it is not unnatural for two large neighboring powers to have some differences. In the management of our relationship, and for peace and progress in the region, both our countries need to show sensitivity and respect for each other's core concerns and interests," Modi said in reference to China at the second edition of the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi.

Modi took the pacifist approach when the relationship between India and China is undergoing rough times. India complains of China blocking its membership of the NSG, constructing an economic corridor through contested territory in Kashmir and vetoing a UN resolution to label Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist.

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) gestures while talking with China's President Xi Jingping during the BRICS leaders' meeting with the BRICS Business Council at the Taj Exotica hotel in Goa on October 16, 2016 - Sputnik International
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China blames India for cosseting and encouraging the self-exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama and undertaking provocative ballistic missile tests. It is also annoyed by Indian forays in disputed portions of the South China Sea.

The outgoing Obama administration has tried to stoke the embers by terming China as the only country that is blocking India from becoming a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

After several unsuccessful attempts to appease China, India has turned aggressive with successful several tests ballistic missile tests. The Chinese state media has blamed India for instigating unrest at a Sri Lankan port being modernized by Beijing. China is also stepping up maritime support to India's neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh. China has also warned India through its state media about its plans to sell missiles to Vietnam. Since 2014, Indian PM Narendra Modi has made several attempts to breathe life in bilateral ties but claims to have met with a cold response.

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