Pakistan’s friend China is once again in the headlines as it is organizing a conference of top national security officers and defense ministers of member countries of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) this week. While NSS Ajit Doval has reached this conference, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh is also going to fly to China on Wednesday. In this way, on the one hand, the Defense Minister and the NSA have taken command to convince China, on the other hand, External Affairs Minister S.K. Jaishankar has taken a position in the US to surround China. If seen, this trinity of India is working fast on the plan to explain China and pressurize it if it does not understand. Let us tell you that the China, who openly help Pakistan during the military confrontation between India and Pakistan last month, is not getting the eyes from India at this time.
Talking about NSA’s visit to China, let us tell you that National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval stressed the need to combat all types of terrorism for regional peace and stability during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Monday. Doval has emphasized at a time on combating terrorism when India, about a month and a half ago, took action in response to the 22 April terrorist attack and destroyed many terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan. Doval and Wang also discussed various aspects of India-China relations. Let us tell you that both sides are trying to remove the tension in the relationship after the Eastern Ladakh border deadlock.
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The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that the two countries reviewed the recent developments in India-China bilateral relations and underlined the need to promote the overall development of bilateral relations, including increasing more contact between people. The statement said, “The NSA also emphasized the need to combat all types of terrorism to maintain overall peace and stability in the region.” This comment is also seen as an indirect message to China to pressurize his evergreen friend Pakistan to take action against terrorist organizations running activities from his land. The Ministry of External Affairs said that Doval and Wang also exchanged views on other bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest. According to the statement, “NSA said that he is eager to hold a meeting with Wang Yi in India on a convenient convenient date for the 24th round of Special Representative (SR) talks.”
At the same time, according to Chinese Ambassador Shoo Faihong in India, Wang said that there has been some positive progress in China-India relations and it is necessary that both sides increase the dialogue, create mutual trust and work towards resolving practical issues. Shoo Faihong said in a post on social media, “Only a beneficial situation can occur for both countries when India and China together.” China and India should handle sensitive issues properly and maintain peace in the border areas. “The ambassador said,” Doval said that India is willing to strengthen cooperation with China in multilateral regions and fully supports China as the chairmanship of Shanghai Cooperation Organization in hosting a successful summit. “
As far as the Defense Minister’s visit to China is concerned, let us tell you that Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on the lines of India’s diplomatic efforts against the support of Pakistan on the lines of India’s diplomatic efforts will insist on increasing efforts to end terrorism at the two -day conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) starting in Kingdao, China on Wednesday. The Rajnath Singh conference is traveling to the port city of Kingdao in Eastern Shandong province of China, where the regional security scenario is expected to be discussed. The Defense Minister’s plan to call out more regional cooperation to deal with terrorism, in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, has surfaced about one and a half months after India launched an accurate attack on nine terrorist bases in the Pakistani region. Let us also tell you that this is the first visit of a senior Indian minister to China since serious tension in relations after military deadlock over the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh in May 2020.
According to an official statement, Rajnath Singh is expected to underline India’s continuous commitment to SCO’s principles, emphasize India’s vision towards large international peace and security and call for joint and continuous efforts to end terrorism and extremism in the region. The statement said that the Defense Minister can also emphasize the need for more trade, economic cooperation and contact within the SCO. He will also hold bilateral meetings with defense ministers of some partner countries including China and Russia. The Ministry of Defense said, “The SCO gives special importance in promoting multilateralism, political, economic and mutual contact between people in the region.” The statement states that SCO follows its policy based on sovereignty, nations’ regional integrity, non -interference in internal affairs, mutual respect, understanding and principles of equality of all member countries.
On the other hand, External Affairs Minister S.K. Talking about Jaishankar, let us tell you that on July 1, there is a meeting of Foreign Ministers of Quad countries in America, in which External Affairs Minister S.K. Jaishankar will participate. It is being told that the focus of India, America, Japan and Australia will be surrounded by China. Apart from discussing the current global situation, the four countries will also brainstorm about China’s aggression in the Indo-Pacific region. Let us tell you that this is the second meeting of Quad under Trump Administration. This meeting is also important because Quud’s summit is also to be held in India this year. In such a situation, the four foreign ministers will also finalize the agenda related to the meeting of their heads of state. Let us remind you that in the meeting of Quad in January 2025, member countries strongly opposed the unilateral actions of China in Taiwan and South China Sea.