'need To Avoid Restrictive Trade Measures': Jaishankar Tells Wang Yi As India-china Talks Resume In Beijing

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar connected Monday called for nan removal of "restrictive" waste and acquisition measures and roadblocks during a bilateral gathering pinch Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi successful Beijing, underscoring nan request to build communal spot arsenic some countries activity to normalise ties pursuing years of separator tensions.

"It is besides basal successful this discourse that restrictive waste and acquisition measures and roadblocks are avoided. I dream to talk these issues successful further detail,” Jaishankar said successful his opening remarks, while noting that some sides had made advancement successful normalising relations successful nan past 9 months.

The sojourn marks Jaishankar’s first travel to China since nan 2020 Galwan Valley clashes, which severely strained bilateral ties. His remarks travel amid ongoing concerns astir China’s curbs connected exports of captious minerals and barriers affecting Indian imports for illustration fertilisers. 

"We person made bully advancement successful nan past 9 months for nan normalisation of our bilateral relations. It is simply a consequence of nan solution of clash on nan separator and our expertise to support bid and tranquillity there," he said.

"This is nan basal ground for communal strategical spot and for soft improvement of bilateral relations. It is now incumbent connected america to reside different aspects related to nan border, including de-escalation," Jaishankar added.

Without straight naming China’s export controls connected delicate sectors, he said that immoderate early practice would dangle connected some sides moving distant from restrictive waste and acquisition practices. "Measures towards normalising our people-to-people exchanges tin surely foster mutually beneficial cooperation. It is besides essential... that restrictive waste and acquisition measures and roadblocks are avoided."

The outer affairs curate reiterated India’s long-standing position that ties betwixt nan 2 countries should beryllium based connected "mutual respect, communal interest, and communal sensitivity," and that differences should "not go disputes, nor should title ever go conflict."

He said nan bilateral narration needed a "far-seeing approach," recalling nan October 2024 gathering betwixt Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping successful Kazan, aft which some sides agreed to complete disengagement astatine nan remaining clash points successful Demchok and Depsang.

Since then, mechanisms of speech person been gradually revived. "Our work is to support that momentum," Jaishankar said, while besides urging much regular connection betwixt nan 2 overseas ministries. "It is our anticipation that this will now beryllium regular and return spot successful each other’s countries."

Jaishankar’s sojourn besides included a gathering pinch Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, wherever he reiterated that further normalisation of India-China relations would beryllium mutually beneficial and that open, high-level exchanges were important "given nan complexity of nan existent world scenario."

Published on: Jul 14, 2025 7:53 PM IST