`India won't compromise on territorial issues with China'

`India won't compromise on territorial issues with China'





National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval Tuesday said that while India was going to use any opportunity to develop relations with “very important” neighbour China, it would not compromise on its territorial interests and sovereignty. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference here, Doval said India had found space for economic cooperation with China despite “some bad experience” in 1962. “I would like to develop our relations to such an extent till the time our territorial and integral sovereignty...we would not able to compromise on it. We should sit together and resolve our boundary dispute amicably ,“ said Doval, adding that China was an important neighbour with which India had had good relations for centuries.
Doval also spoke about Pakistan saying India would like to address all outstanding issues through dialogue . “We would like to resolve our problems through negotiations, through talks,” he said.
“But on the other hand, India would like to have an effective deterrence to deal with terrorism,” Doval added. Both countries lost many civilians in the recent ceasefire violations across the LoC and international border which saw heavy cross-firing by both sides.
Talking about the problem of terrorism, the NSA pushed for early fructification of the long-pending UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism, which, he said, is being stalled by countries like Pakistan.