Any attempt to unilaterally change status quo at LAC will not be accepted: S Jaishankar 

"Where China is concerned, ties were stable for three decades as the two nations addressed inherited challenges and new circumstances. Peace and tranquillity in the border areas provided the basis for expanded cooperation in other domains," he said as he delivered the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture.

"But as the pandemic unfolded, the relationship has come under severe stress. To restore normalcy, agreements between the two countries must be respected scrupulously in their entirety," he said.

"Where the Line of Actual Control is concerned, any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo is unacceptable," he said.

The relationship cannot be immune to changes in the assumptions that underpinned it," S Jaishankar said.

He was making the remark at a time when the relationship between India and China has touched a new low over the recent border disputes.

"Large civilizational states re-emerging in close proximity will not have naturally easy ties. Their interests are best served by a sustained engagement based on mutual respect and mutual sensitivity," the Indian Minister said.