PTI, NEW DELHI: Endorsing the idea of trilateral cooperation between India, China and Pakistan under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Beijing’s envoy Luo Zhaohui today said it could “in the future” help resolve bilateral issues between New Delhi and Islamabad and help maintain peace.
The Chinese envoy to India also said that bilateral ties between India and China can’t take the strain of another Doklam episode and emphasised the need to find a “mutually acceptable solution” on the boundary issue through a meeting of Special Representatives.
He said “some Indian friends” had suggested trilateral cooperation comprising India, China and Pakistan under the aegis of the SCO, which was a “very constructive idea”.
“Security cooperation is one of the three pillars of the SCO. Some Indian friends suggested that China, India and Pakistan may have some kind of trilateral cooperation under the SCO,” he said in his keynote address on ‘Beyond Wuhan: How Far and Fast can China-India Relations Go’ at an event organised by the Chinese Embassy here.
Responding to a question on whether a trilateral meet between the Asian neighbours will help in solving the India-Pakistan dispute, he said he personally considers it “a good and constructive idea”.
“Maybe not now, but in the future, that is the great idea. It will help to resolve bilateral issues and help to maintain peace and tranquillity,” he said.
The envoy’s remarks come after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain exchanged pleasantries following a press conference by the leaders of the SCO in Qingdao last week.
