BEIJING: Dialogue between India and China on critical issues has not kept pace with developments leading to gaps filled by “innuendo”, India’s envoy here said today as think-tanks of the two countries discussed how to stem the growing differences that has strained bilateral ties.
“While we are neighbours and friends, dialogue among us has not quite kept pace with the fast-paced developments of the last half-century,” Indian Ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale said at the 2nd India-China think tank meeting here.
As the two nations grow rapidly and become the pillars of Asian, if not global, growth and stability, the need for better understanding each other’s motivations, concerns and strategic priorities grows even stronger, he said.
A sustained dialogue is a pre-requisite to the “deeply enmeshed relationship”, he said.
“We have seen that gaps in understanding due to lack of dialogue are quickly filled by innuendo. Yet, we have also seen in this very relationship that both sides have the wisdom and maturity to confront and solve problems whenever we have engaged each other in honest dialogue,” Gokhale said. (AGENCIES)
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