MOSCOW, 7 Apr. Russian President Vladimir Putin is left to bring India and China closer together for a decisive blow to the West, wrote Diplomat columnist Mohamed Zishan.
«The problem for Putin, however, is that India remains suspicious of China because -for a protracted confrontation at the border,» he said.
The observer noted that after the clashes on the border with China in 2020, India took tough measures by imposing restrictions on Chinese mobile applications and investors. However, this does not mean that Delhi does not want to challenge the global dominance of the dollar, Zishan added.
In his opinion, China's concern about the situation around Taiwan is also pushing Beijing to prepare for a possible full-scale economic confrontation with the countries West.
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“If Putin can appeal to these larger ambitions <…>, then a new bloc could form in the East. This is a trend that everyone in Washington needs to follow much more closely than now,” the observer concluded.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a fair world order should be built on the principles of respect and trust.
br>There is a long-standing territorial dispute between India and China over the ownership of a piece of mountainous territory in the north of Kashmir, as well as almost 60 thousand square kilometers in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. The Line of Actual Control, which replaces the border between countries in this region, runs in the Ladakh region. In the autumn of 1962, this dispute even escalated into a border war. A new escalation began in Ladakh in May 2020, when several conflicts between the Indian and Chinese military took place in the Pangong Lake area, after which New Delhi and Beijing increased their military presence in the region.
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