India has made substantial progress in paving the way for resolving outstanding issues with China, Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd) V.K. Singh said on Thursday.

Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to China, Mongolia and South Korea, he said India’s foreign policy has graduated from ‘Look East’ to ‘Act East’.

Gen. Singh said an indication of improving relations between the two countries was the absence of incidents of border violations when Mr. Modi was in China.
‘Atmosphere of trust’

Speaking at ‘Manthan’, a conclave organised by a private news channel, Gen. Singh said India has been able to put forth the way forward, an atmosphere of trust and friendship has been created and good things have happened on the business front.

“Whatever the Prime Minister went for has been achieved,” he said and hoped that China, guided by prudence, would stand by India’s concern over terrorism.

On the issue of China continuing to show an incorrect map of India, excluding Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh, he said the issue has been raised diplomatically.

On the Modi government completing one year in office, he said countries cannot be run on slogans, and that the government was trying to usher in a systemic change.

Asked whether India should consider renewing cricketing ties with Pakistan, he said the matter now rests with the Sports Ministry.