China reneged on border agreements with India: Jaishankar

Tensions between India and China would continue as long as there was the forward deployment of troops, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said. The overall relationship with China had “not been great” over the last few years because China had reneged on certain agreements it had with India about how to keep the border between the two countries tranquil, Mr. Jaishankar said during a discussion at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington on Tuesday. U.S. comments on Indian democracy is a ‘testy’ issue The U.S. commenting on the state of India’s democracy is a “testy” issue, Mr. Jaishankar said. “We have never targeted the dollar,” Mr. Jaishankar said, adding that this was not part of India’s economic or political thought.