The US has said it is closely monitoring the situation regarding the border clashes between India and China and it is glad that at least in December both India and China appeared to have disengaged.
Calling the China-India border situation 'stable' at the moment, Vice Foreign Minister, Sun Weidong told Indian Ambassador to China, Pradeep Kumar Rawat that the two sides should stand high and look far, and view bilateral relations from a comprehensive and long-term perspective.
Bangladesh's second-largest port, Mongla, is one of the projects where India has transhipment facilities to carry goods to its landlocked northeastern states. In 2015, the governments of Bangladesh and India decided to upgrade Mongla under a line of credit from New Delhi.
The shift underscores the opportunities for India to deepen its partnership with the United States and its Asian treaty allies, along with the balancing act that New Delhi must maintain with Moscow, which has drawn closer to Beijing amid the war in Ukraine.
Recalling the 2017 India-China border standoff, former Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Anil Bhatt (Retd) said the Doklam issue was a challenging time for the country and was resolved due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of walking up to Chinese President Xi Jinp
China has stepped up preparations for a future water war with India by accelerating the construction of a huge dam on the Mabja Zangbo river, just a few kilometres north of the trijunction border with India and Nepal.
The two projects highlight the geopolitical rivalry between India and China competing for influence in Nepal, The Kathmandu Post reported. said. However, progress on the Indian project Raxaul-Kathmandu railway has been more rapid.
Lavrov during the conference said that countries are developing economically, look at China and India (our strategic partners), Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt and many African countries.
The visit of the UNGA President Csaba Korosi who has been invited by the Indian government will likely begin on January 29 and will include an address to the Indian Council of World Affairs, a foreign policy think tank. Korosi will also visit China and Japan shortly after his India visit.
The announcement comes in the wake of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's visit to the island nation who will be visiting Maldives and Sri Lanka from January 18-20.