Ties between India and China “back on normal track”: Report

TIL Desk/World/New Delhi/ Ties between India and China have returned to a “normal track” and there have been positive developments like Beijing giving market access to Indian products, but much is yet to be done in addressing the widening trade deficit, official sources said. Relations between the two countries were severely hit by the 73-day face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies at the strategically sensitive Doklam tri-junction in the Sikkim sector last year.

Sources told that that the political relationship between the two countries not just restored, but heightened in the past one year. At the same time, they said India was seriously concerned over China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the way international norms and standards in giving contracts under the project were being flouted.

The sources also told that India expects China to walk the talk on the issue of giving market access to Indian products. “The positive development is that relations with China have returned to the normal track,” said a senior official, while summing up India’s diplomatic engagement in 2018.