China lauds Jaishankar for calling out western ‘meddling’, says it’s sign of India’s independence


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New Delhi: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has praised India for calling out the West, lauding External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar for a speech he made in Europe earlier this month . The Chinese minister said that the way Jaishankar “expressed his disapproval of European centralism” and “objected to external forces meddling” in China-India bilateral ties, is a reflection of “India’s tradition of independence”. At a meeting with India’s new envoy to Beijing Pradeep Kumar Rawat, he said that common interests between China and India far outweigh their differences. On Wednesday, Rawat paid a courtesy visit to...