China seeks India’s help in defusing border tensions

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China said it would seek India’s cooperation to maintain peace and stability after renewed stand-offs in a disputed border region. The statements come amid efforts to preserve improved bilateral relations and implement agreements between the two countries.

China said it would seek India’s help to “maintain peace and stability in the border areas” after new stand-offs in a long-disputed region threatened to undermine improved relations. “We hope that India will work with China in the same direction by jointly implementing the common understandings between the two sides,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a daily media briefing on Monday. China “strictly abides by the relevant agreements”, he said. Guo also said that China...