'Challenges' had overpowered vast opportunities in Sino-India ties, Indian envoy Vikram Misri tells Chinese FM Wang Yi

PTI. December 07, 2021 / 01:05 PM IST. Chinese FM Wang Yi told Indian envoy Vikram Misr that India and China should deepen their mutual understanding instead of "Misjudging each other" and take a long-term view not to be bothered by "Particular incidents". Outgoing Indian envoy to China Vikram Misri had a virtual farewell call on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on December 6 during which he said that "Certain challenges" had overpowered the vast opportunities in the bilateral ties last year and hoped that with continued communication the two sides would be able to resolve the current difficulties. "Our relations comprised both opportunities and challenges, and even though certain challenges since last year had overpowered the vast opportunities in the relationship," Misri told Wang, in an apparent reference to the protracted standoff in eastern Ladakh. Wang told Misri that India and China should deepen their mutual understanding instead of "Misjudging each other" and take a long-term view not to be bothered by "Particular incidents". Misri had the virtual call on as the Chinese Foreign Minister was in Zhejiang province to meet his visiting counterparts from the South East Asian countries, officials said. A 1989-batch India Foreign Service officer, Misri took charge here in January 2019 when India and China made efforts to deepen their cooperation in various areas, leaving behind the 2017 Doklam standoff which was the most serious military face-off in decades. Before his appointment to China, Misri served as India's envoy in Myanmar.