India, China should strengthen communication and coordination, lead Global South toward greater development: Chinese envoy

This assumes significance in the wake of the ongoing war in West Asia where US and Israel have attacked Iran, and Iran counter-attacking US bases, facilities and personnel in the Gulf countries besides energy infrastructure being targeted by both sides.

“We should carry forward the ‘Eastern wisdom’ of peaceful coexistence and mutual learning, and prevent the world from reverting to the law of the jungle. We should also enhance multilateral cooperation, support each other in assuming the BRICS presidency, and work together to build a community with a shared future for humanity,” he added.

Consensus on the Iran issue has been elusive and the BRICS has not been able to come up with a statement on the situation since Saudi Arabia, UAE and Iran are its members. China and India make up the original five members of the BRICS grouping, apart from Russia, Brazil and South Africa.

“We encourage young people from both countries to actively participate in activities under multilateral frameworks such as BRICS and the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation), and to contribute your youthful energy to China-India cooperation in the multilateral arena and to world peace and stability,” the Chinese envoy said.

He also said that “China and India are neighbours that cannot be moved apart. It should be the right choice for both sides to be good neighbourly friends and partners that help each other succeed, and realise the ‘Dragon-Elephant Tango’.”

He said, “However, some people are unwilling to see China and India live in harmony. They deliberately amplify our differences, hype up the so-called ‘China threat’, and hope to profit from discord between our two countries. In the face of a complex and changing landscape, young people should think independently and step out of the ‘information cocoon’.”

The Chinese envoy said, “You may always ask yourselves: what kind of relationship do our peoples truly need? What can China-India cooperation bring to our two countries and to the world? We welcome more young people from India to visit China, see it with your own eyes, experience the vitality of Chinese modernisation, share stories of China-India friendship, and help build a more objective and rational understanding between our peoples.”

Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting on foreign affairs for more than 17 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury’s special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban’s capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read More

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