India’s move to completely seal its border with Pakistan was a “very irrational decision” and would lead to a major setback in bilateral relations, Chinese analysts said.
“India is making a very irrational decision, since no exhaustive investigation has been conducted after the Uri incident, and no evidence proves Pakistan is behind the attack,” the Global Times quoted Hu Zhiyong, a research fellow at the official think tank Institute of International Relations of the Shanghai Academy, as saying.
Since Pakistan is China’s “all-weather” strategic partner, India’s decision would make China-Pakistan-India relations more complicated, Hu said.
Hu was commenting on Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s announcement on Friday that the 3,323-km-long border between India and Pakistan would be “completely sealed” by December 2018.
A “completely sealed” border would further hinder the already scarce border trade and talks between the two countries, Hu said.
Wang Dehua, director of the Institute for Southern and Central Asian Studies at the Shanghai Municipal Centre for International Studies, said that a sealed border would only disrupt peace efforts made by the two sides.
“The country’s decision reflects its Cold War mentality, and would only cause deeper hatred among residents living in India and Azad Kashmir,” Hu added.
He added a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir disputes is in the interest of China’s homeland security, especially its western regions.
But he said a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute is in the interest of China’s homeland security, especially its western regions.
Yesterday, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong had defended China’s “technical hold” in the UN on a ban on Masood Azhar, the head of Jaish-e-Muhammad.
“China is opposed to all forms of terrorism. There should be no double standards on counter-terrorism. Nor should one pursue own political gains in the name of counter-terrorism,” he had said indirectly accusing India.
India is seriously considering sealing the border. This decision was taken after considering all aspects. Whether this decision gets implemented fully or partly is the question.
Poverty in India will never go away as this is based on their class system religion. Hindu is the only religion in the world which discriminates people within its ranks.
Though China built the great wall just for the same reason, they forget that walls do not stop trade or roads but prevent mischief… Chinese should know that it is better to keep quiet than to speak out of turn
Now let the Xianging Province flare up.. with terrorist from pakistan creating pain in the neck for china and then lets see what the response is…
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