New Delhi (NVI): The Chinese ambassador to India, Sun Weidong, today extended Independence Day greetings to India and hoped that the two great nations develop with closer partnership.
Weidong took to twitter and wrote, “Congratulations to the Indian government and people on Independence Day 2020. Wish China and India, two great nations with ancient civilization prosper together in peace and develop with closer partnership.”
Congratulations to the Indian government & people on #IndependenceDay2020. Wish #China & #India, two great nations with ancient civilization prosper together in peace and develop with closer partnership.
— Sun Weidong (@China_Amb_India) August 15, 2020
The greetings come amid the border tension between the two countries that escalated on the night of June 15, 2020, when the Indian Army and China’s Peoples Liberation Army involved in the violent clashes at the Galwan valley in Ladakh.
The scuffle led to the killings of soldiers on both sides.
Recently, Sun had also said in the July issue of the embassy magazine that in any relationship, “there are ups and downs”.
He expressed, “The recent border issue and the unfortunate incident between China and India should not detract from the forward-looking vision of the bilateral partnership charted by our two leaders, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”
-CHK
