Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who is currently in Goa to attend the SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting, said on Thursday that India and China should find a way for peaceful and friendly coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation. Qin, who held a bilateral meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting in Goa, also met relatives of Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis, an Indian doctor who served in China during his stay in China. Communist revolution led by Mao Zedong and World War II.
A press release issued by the Ministry of External Affairs here said that the minister also met youth representatives from China and India. Qin said that we should carry forward the spirit of Dr. Kotnis, firmly uphold the peace and friendship between China and India, “carrying forward people-to-people friendship, for the 1.4 billion Chinese and 1.4 billion Indian people communication and exchanges between the two countries should be continuously enhanced”, it said.
The two countries should find a way for peaceful and friendly coexistence and general rejuvenation of major neighboring countries, he said, without referring to the ongoing military standoff in eastern Ladakh in May 2020 that had resulted in a chill in relations. In a tweet, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said the focus is on resolving outstanding issues and ensuring peace and tranquility in the border areas. “We had a detailed discussion with State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China Qin Gang on our bilateral relations. The focus is on resolving outstanding issues and ensuring peace and tranquility in the border areas,” he said.
Qin said the two countries should commit to promoting mutually beneficial cooperation, enhance mutual trust and cooperation, and jointly safeguard the common interests of developing countries and international fairness and justice. He met relatives of Dr. Kotnis, representatives of India-China friendship organizations and Chinese and Indian youth in Goa. He also visited the photo exhibition of the life of Dr. Kotnis along with his relatives.
Qin said that Dr. Kotnis was a great friend of the Chinese people and an outstanding fighter in the anti-fascist war. The minister said that he devoted his precious youth and life to the Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japan. He said that Dr. Kotnis’ spirit is a humanitarian spirit of rescuing the dead and healing the wounded, a heroic spirit of struggle and sacrifice, and more importantly an internationalism advocating peace and friendship and a shared future. There is a feeling of
Qin said, “Today is China’s May 4th Youth Day. The youth of China and India are full of enthusiasm and vitality. They are the main force for the development of our two countries.” People-to-people exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation so that the Sino-Indian friendship passes from generation to generation.” Dr. Kotnis, who hailed from Sholapur, Maharashtra, in 1938 for helping the Chinese people during World War II He had come to China as part of a five-member team of doctors sent by the Indian National Congress.
He later joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1942 and died the same year at the age of 32. His medical assistance during the difficult days of the Chinese Revolution was praised by Chinese leader Mao Zedong. His status and monuments were also established in some Chinese cities in recognition of his services. He was married to Guo Qinglan, a Chinese national who died in 2012.
A bronze statue of Kotnis, known in China as Ke Dihua, was unveiled in September 2020 at the Medical School in Shijiazhuang. In addition to the Dihua Medical Science Secondary Specialized School in Shijiazhuang named after him, both have monuments to Kotnis. Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, and Tangxian County where he once worked.