Former National Security Advisor and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon tells Aditi Phadnis that all aspects of India’s relationship with China need a reset. He also says the government needs to work harder on a policy towards India’s neighbours. Edited excerpts:
The Prime Minister has said that in eastern Ladakh, no one has intruded nor has any post been captured. But territory does appear to have been lost.
All of it is Indian territory. So the use of the word “territory” is wrong. The Chinese are sitting on Indian territory. They’ve built roads, bridges. So when people say “lost” territory, “gained” territory, what