INDIA–US FRICTION AND INDIA-CHINA BONHOMIE WILL BE SHORT LIVED
By: N.S.Venkataraman
Many opinion makers are of the view that in the international relations between the countries , there are no permanent enemies and no no permanent friends. In support of this view, they point out the ongoing stress in the relationship between India and the US, while a few years back, Indian Prime Minister Modi and US President Trump went overboard and hugged each other in friendship. In the case of present bonhomie in relationship between India and China, during the meeting before the SCO event, Indian Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that both the countries should work together for mutual benefits, whereas in the past, there have been bitter wars several times between India and China when soldiers from both the sides lost their lives.