He also said that China is willing to handle all problems through dialogue with India.
Wang, who is currently touring Europe, made the remarks during an interaction at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris on Monday.
In response to a question about China’s relations with India and Japan, the minister did not directly address the latest provocative move by the Chinese army in eastern Ladakh.
His remarks came hours after the Indian army said it had thwarted a provocative move by the Chinese army in eastern Ladakh to “unilaterally” change the status quo on the southern shore of Lake Pangong. It is also the first major incident in the area after clashes in the Galwan Valley on June 15 in which 20 members of the Indian army were killed.
“China-India relations have recently attracted the attention of all parties,” said Wang.
“The border between China and India has not yet been demarcated, so there will always be problems of this kind. We are ready to handle all kinds of issues through dialogue with the Indian side,” he said.
At the same time, these issues should be placed in their rightful place in bilateral relations, he said, adding that the president Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met many times and reached important consensus.
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“For example, instead of” the dragon and the elephant compete with each other “,” the dragon and the elephant dance together “,” 1 plus 1 is not 2, but 11 “, etc. All these are philosophical points of view” . he said.
“For example, the leaders of the two countries agreed that bilateral cooperation overcomes differences and common interests outweigh conflicts.
“Differences must be managed and controlled and, in particular, differences must not turn into conflicts. I believe that various departments of the two countries should implement these important consensuses,” Wang said.
India and China have held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks in the past two and a half months, but no significant progress has been made towards a resolution of the border row in eastern Ladakh.
The foreign minister said that China has a long history and more neighbors than any other country in the world.
“The long history of exchanges has always left problems of one kind or another. We are willing to work with our neighbors to resolve the problems that remain from history through friendly consultations in the spirit of building friendship and partnership with them.” said.
Both China and India are large eastern countries with long civilizations, he said, adding that the two countries live close to each other and are highly complementary to each other.
China stands ready to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with India to help India accelerate its own development, he said.
China and India are also important developing countries and emerging economies. “We must jointly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries on the international stage and create a wider space for the development of emerging economies,” he said.
“If both China and India can develop, it will be 2.7 billion people moving towards modernization, a sight never seen before in the course of human progress. I hope that India can see and approach the problems from this perspective,” he said.
On China-Japan relations, Wang said this year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and is a year of reflection.
“We must draw lessons from this and never allow the tragedy of history to repeat itself. And I think that is what more and more people in Japan are seeing. I believe that China-Japan relations will continue to move in the general direction of improvement. , “” said the foreign minister.
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