Both sides willing to ease the situation: China’s foreign minister on border conflict

Washington: China's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang said that Beijing was seeking to improve ties with New Delhi.

Qin, who became the country's new foreign minister on Friday, described China’s position in an op-ed piece "How China Sees the World" for US magazine, The National Interest.

Expanding on China’s stand, Qin said "both sides are willing to ease the situation and jointly protect peace along their borders."

Following recent skirmishes at the border, the relation between neighbours went further strained.

However, India and China held the 17th Round of Corps Commander Level Meeting at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Chinese side on December 20.

Reports said that both sides agreed to maintain security and stability on the ground in the Western Sector.

India’s the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), according to NDTV, stated that that two sides agreed to maintain security and stability on the ground.

The dialogue between two sides will be carried out through military and diplomatic channels, while working out a mutually acceptable resolution of the remaining issues at the earliest, MEA said.

Meanwhile, Quin in his article blamed the US for challenging the China’s claim on Taiwan, and turned against Japan for altering the status quo in the South China Sea.

"China's development means a stronger force for peace, not a growing power poised to 'break the status quo', as some call it. The tension across the Taiwan Strait was not created by the Chinese mainland breaking the status quo, but by 'Taiwan independence' separatists and external forces continually challenging the status quo of 'one China'," Qin reportedly wrote.

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed over phone with Quin the Washington-Beijing ties, keeping the lines of communication open.