China envoy calls for trilateral talks with Pak, finds no takers in India

"If a China-Russia-Mongolia trilateral is possible, then why don't we try working China-India-Pakistan out?" Chinese ambassador Luo Zhaohui had said.

Chinese ambassador Luo Zhaohui’s push for trilateral cooperation between China, India and Pakistan under the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation umbrella was dismissed by New Delhi with a reiteration of the long-established position that India-Pakistan relations are a no-go area for third countries.

On Monday, Chinese ambassador Luo Zhahohui inaugurated a seminar on “Beyond Wuhan: How far and fast can China-India relations go”, where he made the proposition which elicited an Indian rebuttal before the day ended.

Noting that China-India relations have gone beyond bilateral scope, Luo said that the two sides “should continue to push forward ‘China India Plus’ cooperation”.

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