Sino-India relations deepened, military ties healthy: China

TIL Desk World/Beijing/ China has presented an upbeat picture of its ties with India in a policy document on Asia- Pacific security, saying their partnership has “deepened”, but skirted references to contentious issues like India’s NSG bid and efforts to get JeM chief Masood Azhar banned by the UN.

A white paper titled “China’s Policies on Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation” said China and India made “new progress” in exchanges.

“Since 2015, the China-India strategic and cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity has been further deepened. The two countries have set the goal of forging a closer development partnership, made new progress in exchanges and cooperation in various areas and stayed in close communication and coordination on regional and international issues,” it said.

However, the policy document, skirted any reference to the differences over India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and Beijing’s blocking of India’s bid to get Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Azhar designated as a global terrorist by the UN.