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Weeks after a war of words between India and China over the utilization of South China Sea resources, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his corresponding item Wen Jiabao will meet here on Friday to discuss the future of bilateral ties described as “one of the most complex relations in the world”.
Singh and Wen, who will be meeting here on the tangential of ASEAN and East Asia Summits, will be discussing the entire range of bilateral relations which have “elements of both competition and cooperation”. On the eve of the meeting, official sources accredited that the relationship is loaded with “risks” and there is a need to manage it.
This is “one of the most multifaceted relationships in the world,” the sources noted, adding that it was “hardest to predict” what course it would take. The commentary assume significance as these come against the backdrop of a war of words betweenIndiaandChinaover resources of theSouth China Sea.
China, which lays claim over entireSouth China Sea, had openly assaultedIndiain September over its move to explore oil in the nautical area on offer fromVietnam. It had induced an angry response fromIndia. This was attached with an incident in which an Indian Naval ship INS Airavat was threatened by the Chinese Navy while moving in that area.
The Indian sources declared that since it was not clearly defined that the maritime area belongs wholly toChina, the laws of the sea will apply. They noted that the countries, which fell in that area, had bilaterally formed code of conduct withChinato do business as there was a “flux” with regard to the claim ofChina.
Pointing out that relationship betweenIndiaandChinais complex; the sources have said that it has elements of both “competition and cooperation”. While the boundary question continues to be unanswered, relations between the two countries in some other areas like trade have been witnessing a substantial growth.
The sources have noted that bilateral trade betweenIndiaandChinahad been bystander robust growth, crossing $61 billion mark last year and 17% increase in the seven months of this fiscal although the “big issue” of imbalance in favor ofChinaremains.
Noting that the Line of Actual Control has been calm for nearly four decades, they said that the Chinese infringement had come down in the last few years although its military capabilities have increased. They, however, did not give any figures.
The sources have told that the intrusions, from eitherChinaorIndia, had become kind of predictable as both sides know where these will take place but there is no military disagreement. The intrusions are actually illustrative, with both sides leaving traces like cigarette packets or writing on stones, to declare claim over the territory.
The two countries will be putting in place by this year’s end a apparatus for border administration which is projected to avoid and address any misunderstandings. The proposal for setting up the mechanism remain unresolved by Wen during his visit to India last year and decision to set it up was taken when the two Prime Ministers met in Sanya, China, in April this year.
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