India says relationship with Beijing ‘cannot return to normal’ amid border tensions


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India ’s foreign minister S Jaishankar said his country’s relationship with China cannot return to normal as bilateral ties remain “disturbed” because of a contested border area. In a press conference after a three-hour-long meeting with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Friday, Dr Jaishankar said he was “very honest” in discussing India’s issues with Mr Wang over an almost two-year-long border standoff in the Himalayan region. “Frictions, tensions arising from China’s deployments since April 2020 cannot be reconciled with normal relationship between two neighbours,” Dr Jaishankar said in the presser that was not attended by the visiting Chinese official....