India-China Border Row Can Be Resolved, Says Rudd - The Hindu
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3/8/2015 Indi a-Chi na bord er r ow can be r esol ved, says Rudd - The Hin du ht tp://www.thehin du. co m/news/national/indiac hina -bo rder-row-can-be-resolved-sa ys-ru dd/a rticle 6969962.ece?homepag e=true 1/1 ews » National India-China border row can be resolved, says Rudd Suhasini Haidar China is changing its language towards the Dalai Lama, says Kevin Michael Rudd, former Australian Prime Minister. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty China is “changing its language towards the Dalai Lama” as also its “tonality” towards Tibet, says former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. It is important from New Delhi’s perspective that Tibet, Dharamsala and the Dalai Lama, represent a significant onstituent element of the long unresolved border questions between India and China,” Mr. Rudd told The Hindu in an xclusiv e interv iew, adding that the changed attitude could create “space for the resolution of the border dispute” etween India and China. Mr. Rudd’s words are significant as he is a Mandarin-speaking former diplomat who has been accused of being too Sino-centric” as he deals frequently with the Chinese government. He was in Delhi as president of the Asia Pacific Policy Institute and met National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, who is expected to travel to Beijing soon for border talks. Saying that he wouldn’t presume to give advice to either country, Mr. Rudd called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping, who are due to meet in Beijing in May, as “strong leaders.” “Many in Delhi may disagree, and hink China wants to use the border to exert leverage, but I don’t think China views it that way. It has insecure nresolved maritime borders with all its neighbours on one side, and so a secure land border is very important.” However, while Mr. Rudd identified the “Tibet border” on the LAC in Jammu and Kashmir, he didn’t refer to the nresolved border issue along Arunachal Pradesh. Mr. Rudd cited the “turnaround” in Russia-China relations after the Gorbachev-Deng Xiaoping summit in 1989 as an example of how India and China could resolve their issues that have een them fight a war in 1965. Note of caution Speaking about closer India-U.S. ties after U.S. President Barak Obama’s visit to New Delhi in January and the joint ision statement signed by both countries on Asia-Pacific and the South China Sea, as well as agreements with Japan nd Australia, Mr. Rudd warned against “creating a sense that the rest of the region is ganging up on Beijing.” ‘A strong statement’ It’s very easy to stoke the containment narrative in Beijing,” Mr. Rudd said adding, “[The Joint Vision statement] is a ery strong statement, and it was unexpected and unanticipated. So I think the Chinese will watch very carefully what appens between declaration and reality.” Keywords: Dalai Lama, India-China border row , Kevin Rudd
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3/8/2015 IndiaChinaborderrowcanberesolved,saysRuddTheHindu
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ChinaischangingitslanguagetowardstheDalaiLama,saysKevinMichaelRudd,formerAustralianPrimeMinister.Photo:ShankerChakravarty
ChinaischangingitslanguagetowardstheDalaiLamaasalsoitstonalitytowardsTibet,saysformerAustralianPrimeMinisterKevinRudd.
ItisimportantfromNewDelhisperspectivethatTibet,DharamsalaandtheDalaiLama,representasignificantconstituentelementofthelongunresolvedborderquestionsbetweenIndiaandChina,Mr.RuddtoldTheHinduinanexclusiveinterview,addingthatthechangedattitudecouldcreatespacefortheresolutionoftheborderdisputebetweenIndiaandChina.
Mr.RuddswordsaresignificantasheisaMandarinspeakingformerdiplomatwhohasbeenaccusedofbeingtooSinocentricashedealsfrequentlywiththeChinesegovernment.HewasinDelhiaspresidentoftheAsiaPacificPolicyInstituteandmetNationalSecurityAdviserAjitDoval,whoisexpectedtotraveltoBeijingsoonforbordertalks.
Sayingthathewouldntpresumetogiveadvicetoeithercountry,Mr.RuddcalledPrimeMinisterNarendraModiandPresidentXiJinping,whoareduetomeetinBeijinginMay,asstrongleaders.ManyinDelhimaydisagree,andthinkChinawantstousethebordertoexertleverage,butIdontthinkChinaviewsitthatway.Ithasinsecureunresolvedmaritimeborderswithallitsneighboursononeside,andsoasecurelandborderisveryimportant.
However,whileMr.RuddidentifiedtheTibetborderontheLACinJammuandKashmir,hedidntrefertotheunresolvedborderissuealongArunachalPradesh.Mr.RuddcitedtheturnaroundinRussiaChinarelationsaftertheGorbachevDengXiaopingsummitin1989asanexampleofhowIndiaandChinacouldresolvetheirissuesthathaveseenthemfightawarin1965.
Noteofcaution
SpeakingaboutcloserIndiaU.S.tiesafterU.S.PresidentBarakObamasvisittoNewDelhiinJanuaryandthejointvisionstatementsignedbybothcountriesonAsiaPacificandtheSouthChinaSea,aswellasagreementswithJapanandAustralia,Mr.RuddwarnedagainstcreatingasensethattherestoftheregionisganginguponBeijing.
Astrongstatement
ItsveryeasytostokethecontainmentnarrativeinBeijing,Mr.Ruddsaidadding,[TheJointVisionstatement]isaverystrongstatement,anditwasunexpectedandunanticipated.SoIthinktheChinesewillwatchverycarefullywhathappensbetweendeclarationandreality.
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