Russia ridicules China new map controversy: 'New map won't change ground reality'
Russia has openly backed "friend" India over China. This came after the Russian envoy to India said it doesn"t change the situation on the ground.
NewsBharati 02-Sep-2023 15:17:11 PM
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New Delhi, Sept 2: In a significant development over the new standard map controversy, Russia has openly backed "friend" India over China. This came after the Russian envoy to India said it doesn't change the situation on the ground.
Addressing an event at the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) South Asia in Delhi today, Russian Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov said, "We don't exaggerate such issues. Not at all. And India does not exaggerate this issue either. It doesn't change the situation on the ground."
Russia is the fifth country to back India over the Chinese map controversy
Further, Alipov said, that the dialogue between India and China became very “complicated” following the Galwan incident.
“We have a trilateral mechanism between us – Russia, India and China…It had been quite active prior to 2020. But after the Galwan incident, the dialogue between India and China got very much complicated. But we are hopeful, we are very keen to continue with the trilateral format which, in our opinion, is very helpful to build the basis for the improvement of relations between India and China. This will certainly happen sooner or later…”, he added.
The envoy further said that he hopes for India, and China to reconcile the problems.
The map released on August 28 by Beijing shows Arunachal Pradesh which China claims as South Tibet and Aksai Chin occupied by it in the 1962 war as part of its territory. The map also stakes claim over Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea.
The map also incorporates China’s claims over the nine-dash line thus laying claim to a large part of the South China Sea. Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei have all claims over the South China Sea areas.
India and China have been in a standoff for the past three years, with relations deteriorating at all levels due to tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The two sides have held 19 rounds of talks so far to address the boundary issues in eastern Ladakh since 2020, post the Chinese aggression there.