BEIJING – India wants to improve its relationship with Pakistan and isready to show restraint, the new Indian minister for external affairs saidduring a visit to China on Monday.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is on a three-day trip to China, which hascriticized India for revoking the special status and statehood of the partof Kashmir under its control.
“India hopes to improve its relationship with Pakistan and is ready toexercise restraint, protect peace and stability in the region,” he wasquoted as saying by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Pakistan downgraded its diplomatic ties with India last week in response towhat its officials called racism on the part of India’s ruling Hindu party.Both countries lay claims to entire Kashmir.
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Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Wang told his Indiancounterpart about China’s principled position on India’s recent unilateralmove on the Kashmir issue, saying that China hopes India will play aconstructive role in regional peace and stability.
Jaishankar explained India’s stance, assuring that India will also abide bythe consensus reached with China on maintaining peace on the border andcontinue to work with Beijing to properly solve the border issue throughconsultations, the Xinhua reported.
