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WORLD NEWS Thursday 31 augusT 2017

China, India rivalry looms large over BRICS summit

By LOUISE WATT “There is a contest, wheth-
Associated Press er it is acknowledged or
BEIJING (AP) — China and not, and it is because of
India may have ended a the ambitions of both na-
tense border standoff for tions to be superpowers
now, but their longstand- and to be inheriting the
ing rivalry raises questions Asian century,” Chaulia
about the possibility of said.
meaningful cooperation Attempting to start the
at an upcoming summit BRICS summit off on a posi-
of major emerging econo- tive note, Beijing and Delhi
mies. on Monday announced
The annual summit of the a resolution of their most
BRICS grouping encom- protracted and potentially
passing Brazil, Russia, India, explosive border stand-
China and South Africa off in years. The saber-
gets under way this week- rattling had raised fears
end in the southeastern of renewed conflict be-
Chinese city of Xiamen, tween the nuclear-armed
hoping to advance its vi- Asian giants, who fought
sion of an alternative to a bloody border war in
the Western dominance of 1962 and remain locked
global affairs. Activists of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, a Hindu right wing organization promoting indigenous in disputes over extensive
The leaders of all five na- products, shout slogans against China during a protest in New Delhi, India. China and India may chunks of territory along
tions are expected to at- have ended a tense border standoff for now, but their longstanding rivalry raises questions about their border.
tend, offering the best op- the possibility of meaningful cooperation at the annual summit of the BRICS grouping encompass- Yet, while India’s Ministry
ing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
portunity for Chinese Presi- (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal) of External Affairs said that
dent Xi Jinping and Indian troops were leaving the
Prime Minister Narendra face-off site, China’s offi-
Modi to talk since the bor- and fears of containment same spaces” along their fairs in the Indian city of cial response avoided any
der tensions flared in June. by the other threaten to land borders, in the Indian Sonipat. Even beyond the mention of Chinese con-
While both their countries overshadow those aspira- Ocean and western Pa- region, they are vying in Af- cessions or the fact that
view BRICS as a significant tions. cific Ocean, said Sreeram rica and Latin America “for troops from both sides will
forum for progress, their ri- The two countries’ mili- Chaulia, dean of Jindal the leadership of the devel- continue patrolling in the
valry for global influence taries are “prowling the School of International Af- oping world,” Chaulia said. area.q
Guatemala leader at crossroads after court blocks expulsion

By SONIA PEREZ D. investigation over possible demnation both at home issued improperly. ways prevail,” he wrote
Associated Press illicit campaign financing. and abroad, where sup- Presidential spokesman in his Facebook account
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) That decision will be made port is strong for the U.N. Heinz Hiemann said Mo- Monday.
— President Jimmy Mo- by another body, the coun- panel that has worked with rales “respects the law, The U.N. panel and lo-
rales faced a crossroads try’s Supreme Court. local prosecutors over the due process and the rule cal prosecutors have built
Wednesday after Guate- Morales issued his expulsion last decade to combat the of law,” but had not yet re- popularity among many
mala’s highest court ruled order for U.N. commission corruption long endemic in ceived official notification Guatemalans in their cam-
he could not expel the head Ivan Velasquez early Guatemala. of the ruling. paign to curb graft, includ-
head of a U.N. anti-corrup- Sunday, two days after As criticism rained down on The president had already ing helping force the pre-
tion commission from the Velasquez and Guatema- Morales, the Constitutional backed off his early defi- vious president from office
country. la’s chief prosecutor an- Court suspended the order ance over the attempted two years ago.
Morales cannot appeal nounced they were seek- within hours, saying it would expulsion. Before the court ruled
Tuesday’s decision by the ing to lift Morales’ immunity study the case. Then on “People of Guatemala, Tuesday, U.N. Secretary-
Constitutional Court, and from prosecution in order Tuesday, as president of the repub- General Antonio Guterres
he now faces a separate to investigate allegations of the justices negated Mo- lic I have and will respect said he was shocked by
legal fight over whether he illegal financing for his 2015 rales’ order declaring the decisions of the other the president’s action and
should be stripped of his presidential campaign. Velasquez persona non branches of government. expressed full support for
official immunity and face The move drew quick con- grata, ruling the order was The rule of law should al- Velasquez.q