INDIA AND THE CHINA CHALLENGE

INDIA HAS STRATEGIC INTEREST IN BETTER CHINA TIES: MENON

The Economic Times, November 2, 2010

NEW DELHI: As the leaders of India and the US get ready to discuss the China challenge next week, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon on Tuesday said that New Delhi has an "overriding strategic interest" in developing better relations with China, but asked Beijing to be sensitive to each other's core concerns.

"As we face the big issues, we do this in a cooperative manner so that we can negotiate solutions to the problems. We have an overriding strategic interest in letting relations grow in a healthy manner," Menon said in response to a question on whether the China issue will figure in discussions during Obama's visit.
"We also have sensitivities on issues like Tibet and Jammu and Kashmir," Menon said.

"We don't see our relationship with the US having a bearing on our relationship with China or vice versa," he said, adding that there is "no zero sum game" among all major powers.

Strobe Talbott , a former deputy secretary of state, said China was a subject of "intense conversation" between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Hanoi last week.

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