Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday said his country wanted to “find a solution to the issue of years-old cross-border terrorism” with Pakistan.
But relations and problems with China and Pakistan were different, Jaishankar told reporters, after assuming charge for a second straight term.
“With Pakistan, we would want to find a solution to the issue of years-old cross-border terrorism. That cannot be the policy of a good neighbor,” Jaishankar said.
On ties with China, Jaishankar said India will focus on finding solutions to the border issues with China that have long strained ties between the neighboring countries.
“With regards to China there are still some issues at the border and our focus will be on how to solve them,” he said.
India and China share a 3,800-kilometre border — much of it poorly demarcated — over which the nuclear-armed nations also fought a war in 1962.
They have engaged in a military standoff since July 2020 when at least 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese troops were killed in the worst clashes in five decades.
