Relations with China will not be normal until issues are resolved: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that relations with China will not be normal until the issue of the face-off that happened at the beginning of the Covid lockdown is resolved.
The lockdown during the Covid pandemic began in 2020 and the Galwan face-off between India and China took place in the same year.
While addressing the Forum For Nationalist Thinkers, Hyderabad Chapter Talk On ‘India’s G20 Presidency’ in Hyderabad on Sunday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said While addressing the issues with China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that happened in 2020, the EAM said that we must not forget that it happened when our lockdown had just started. “We were completely preoccupied with the Covid challenge. Please appreciate the anonymity of what Prime Minister Modi did. He deployed forces at this great height in very difficult conditions in the middle of Covid. And then took this challenge head-on,” he added. He further said while assuring, “I can tell you the entire world has taken notice of this. They have also noted that since then we have stood firm. We have made it very clear that until there is a resolution to this issue, our relations with China will not be normal.” “The world takes note of that resolve and determination,” he added.