India to take bilateral approach on issues faced by other countries with China: Jaishankar

Asserting that both New Delhi and Beijing would like to see their relation become "better and substantive", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Wednesday told a Washington audience that India will weigh on merit the issues being faced by other countries with China.

In fact, Jaishankar refused to join the Trump administration which describes 5G as a national security issue, by saying that for India it is a telecom issue and not political one.

"Our intention obviously is to progress our relations with China. We are very clear on that and we get the sense that they too would like to see the relations become better and substantive," Jaishankar told The Heritage Foundation think-tank in response to a question.

"On lot of the issues which different countries face with China, frankly, we would weigh the issues on their merit and largely take a bilateral approach," he said responding to a question.

"We actually, essentially handle China relationship very, very bilaterally. We believe ...