<p class="title">Bilateral ties between India and China can't take the strain of another Doklam episode, the Chinese envoy to India Luo Zhaohui said on Monday, emphasising on the need to find a "mutually acceptable solution" on the boundary issue through a meeting of the Special Representatives.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Chinese envoy said at an event here that "some Indian friends" had suggested a trilateral summit comprising India, China and Pakistan, which was a "very constructive" idea.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dwelling on Sino-Indian ties, he said it is quite natural to have differences but they need to be controlled and managed through cooperation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We need to control, manage, narrow differences through expanding cooperation. The boundary question was left over by history. We need to find a mutually acceptable solution through Special Representatives' Meeting while adopting confidence-building measures," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We cannot stand another Doklam (sic)," the envoy said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was delivering a keynote address on 'Beyond Wuhan: How Far and Fast can China-India Relations Go' at an event organised by the Chinese Embassy here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Indian and Chinese troops were involved in a 73-day stand-off at the Doklam tri-junction of India, Bhutan and China between June to August last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One of the immediate fallouts of the Doklam stand-off was the suspension of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from Nathu-La side and the annual military exercise between the two countries. China also did not give the hydrological data of the Brahmaputra and the Indus river that originates in Chinese Tibet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The envoy today said China will continue to promote religious exchanges and make arrangements for Indian pilgrims going to Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Post-Doklam, there have been frequent high-level engagements between the leaders of the two countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This year alone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met twice in the last two months in Wuhan and Qingdao.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Luo said the two leaders are also likely to meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit and G20 Summit later this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He noted that security cooperation is one of the three pillars of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, an eight-member grouping also comprising India, China and Pakistan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The envoy said the proposal of India, China and Pakistan holding a trilateral summit was "very constructive". Leaders of China, Russia and Mongolia hold a similar meet, he noted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is a proposal suggested by some Indian friends and it is a very a good and constructive idea. Maybe not now, but in the future, that is a great idea."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The envoy added that relations between India and China have gone beyond the bilateral scope.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We need to enhance coordination and cooperation in SCO, BRICS and join hands to tackle social challenges," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Responding to a question on India-China cooperation in Afghanistan, Luo said the two countries have identified a programme to train Afghan public servants and diplomats.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is the first step and in future, there is more...," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the informal summit between Modi and Xi at the Wuhan, the two countries had agreed to work jointly on an economic project in Afghanistan.</p>
<p class="title">Bilateral ties between India and China can't take the strain of another Doklam episode, the Chinese envoy to India Luo Zhaohui said on Monday, emphasising on the need to find a "mutually acceptable solution" on the boundary issue through a meeting of the Special Representatives.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Chinese envoy said at an event here that "some Indian friends" had suggested a trilateral summit comprising India, China and Pakistan, which was a "very constructive" idea.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dwelling on Sino-Indian ties, he said it is quite natural to have differences but they need to be controlled and managed through cooperation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We need to control, manage, narrow differences through expanding cooperation. The boundary question was left over by history. We need to find a mutually acceptable solution through Special Representatives' Meeting while adopting confidence-building measures," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We cannot stand another Doklam (sic)," the envoy said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was delivering a keynote address on 'Beyond Wuhan: How Far and Fast can China-India Relations Go' at an event organised by the Chinese Embassy here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Indian and Chinese troops were involved in a 73-day stand-off at the Doklam tri-junction of India, Bhutan and China between June to August last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One of the immediate fallouts of the Doklam stand-off was the suspension of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from Nathu-La side and the annual military exercise between the two countries. China also did not give the hydrological data of the Brahmaputra and the Indus river that originates in Chinese Tibet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The envoy today said China will continue to promote religious exchanges and make arrangements for Indian pilgrims going to Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Post-Doklam, there have been frequent high-level engagements between the leaders of the two countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This year alone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met twice in the last two months in Wuhan and Qingdao.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Luo said the two leaders are also likely to meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit and G20 Summit later this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He noted that security cooperation is one of the three pillars of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, an eight-member grouping also comprising India, China and Pakistan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The envoy said the proposal of India, China and Pakistan holding a trilateral summit was "very constructive". Leaders of China, Russia and Mongolia hold a similar meet, he noted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is a proposal suggested by some Indian friends and it is a very a good and constructive idea. Maybe not now, but in the future, that is a great idea."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The envoy added that relations between India and China have gone beyond the bilateral scope.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We need to enhance coordination and cooperation in SCO, BRICS and join hands to tackle social challenges," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Responding to a question on India-China cooperation in Afghanistan, Luo said the two countries have identified a programme to train Afghan public servants and diplomats.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is the first step and in future, there is more...," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the informal summit between Modi and Xi at the Wuhan, the two countries had agreed to work jointly on an economic project in Afghanistan.</p>