#diplomatictalks #delhi #indiachina "We do not want these setbacks in our relations with India," said China's top diplomat in Delhi. As it develops its aircraft carrier fleet to rule the Indian Ocean and bleed India in the north, China seeks to divert India's attention in the north. The Chinese Ambassador to India China does not want to see "some setbacks" in relations with India, according to Ma Jia, who made this statement on Thursday. His remarks were made against the backdrop of China's military incursion into India in 2020, which prompted the largest military build-up between the two nations since the 1962 war (LAC). Ma did note that there had been progress in the two nations' bilateral ties, though. There has been no diplomatic forward movement other than the two sides meeting to ease border tensions, despite trade continuing on its mostly unaltered course while the Indian government attempted to impose countermeasures. Since Sun Weidong's tenure as ambassador ended in October 2022, China hasn't even named a new ambassador to India in the past two years. "China-India relations suffered some setbacks in recent years," Ma remarked at an international conference honoring Indian poet and writer Rabindranath Tagore's visit to China in 1924. We do not want to witness this. Some people put doubt on the bilateral relations between China and India by highlighting their discrepancies. The Chinese ambassador added that Beijing views relations with India from a long-term and strategic perspective and that both nations have a great deal of potential for cooperation. We can undoubtedly chase away the gloom and welcome the light of spring if we "seek common ground while shelving differences, properly manage divergences, and work towards the same direction," Ma continued. China's claims over Arunachal Pradesh have led to a recent back-and-forth between India and China over insults. During a weekly media briefing on Thursday, the day Ma addressed the conference, an official from India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) reaffirmed the government's position that Arunachal Pradesh is an essential and unalienable part of India. China unveiled its fourth list of 30 new names for different locations in Arunachal Pradesh last month. India responded on March 28 by saying Beijing may "repeat its baseless claims," but the actual situation remained the same. India and China have had more than 20 rounds of military commander-level negotiations for full disengagement in the remaining regions along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh and the restoration of peace in border areas after their troops battled in the Galwan Valley in 2020. The most recent round took place near the Chushul-Moldo boundary in February. S. Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, has also stated time and time again that if the border regions are still unstable, relations between the two nations cannot improve or return to normal. "Industrious momentum" At a symposium titled "Commemorating the Centenary of Rabindranath Tagore's visit to China," the Chinese Charge d'Affaires stated that there has been a "positive momentum of improvement" in bilateral relations between the two nations in the last year. "High-level contacts and communications were maintained between the two parties. People-to-people relations between our two countries have progressively rebounded, and bilateral trade has expanded steadily, according to Ma. October saw a record high in goods commerce between the two nations despite geopolitical concerns because of a spike in imports from China over the holiday season, particularly gold. Nevertheless, India has been working to reduce its trade deficit with China, which is expected to reach $100 billion by 2022. Saad Ahmad Warraich, Pakistan's Chargé d'Affaires to India, demanded mutual respect, sovereign equality, and peaceful coexistence between Islamabad and New Delhi last month After August 2019, when Pakistan objected to the Narendra Modi government's plan to remove Jammu and Kashmir's special status, relations between the two nations worsened.