Competition between India and China should never turn into conflict, says PM Modi

Competition between India and China should never turn into a conflict and cooperation between the two nations is in the interest of global stability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.

During a conversation with American podcaster Lex Fridman that was broadcast on Sunday, Modi said New Delhi and Beijing are working to restore the border conditions as they were before June 2020 when a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers took place in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control.

The clashes led to the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers. Beijing said that four of its soldiers were killed.

Following this, both countries deployed thousands of troops and heavy artillery in the region.

Since the Galwan clashes, China and India have held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks to resolve their border standoff.

“After my recent meeting with President Xi, we have seen a return to normalcy at the border,” Modi told Fridman, referring to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in October.

During a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia’s Kazan city, Modi had told Xi that maintaining peace and tranquillity along the border should remain the priority of the two nations.

The leaders’ meeting took place two days after the two countries announced that they had reached a patrolling arrangement along the Line of...

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