India Question To China: India has expressed concern over the mega hydropower dam being constructed by China on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) river in Tibet. India has said that this venture of China will have an effect on the downstream international locations. At the identical time, clarification has now come from China on this matter.
Beijing said on Saturday (January 4) that the venture had been studied intimately for many years. China has said that on this venture it has additionally been ensured that together with the safety of the surroundings, it will not have any destructive influence on the downstream international locations. Both India and Bangladesh have raised questions on this venture.
American NSA will meet the Foreign Minister
According to studies from Washington on Saturday, American National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan might focus on the problem of this dam throughout his go to to India on January 5-6. Jake Sullivan will meet India’s NSA Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar throughout his go to to India and tackle an occasion.
It is anticipated that he will discuss in regards to the vital achievements of bilateral cooperation between India and America throughout Joe Biden’s tenure. The official announcement of Jake Sullivan’s go to to India was made by the White House on Friday evening.
‘China’s upstream dams may hurt the surroundings’
A senior US official said that we now have seen within the Indo-Pacific that China has constructed upstream dams at many locations, which might truly hurt the surroundings. Rather, it may well have local weather impacts on downstream international locations. In India, the Chinese Embassy on Saturday said China has all the time been “responsible for the development of trans-border rivers”.
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