If the two Asian powers cooperate they can create a multipolar world, the US economist has said

Renowned US economist Jeffry Sachs has called for cooperation, not competition, between India and China.

The two Asian economic powerhouses can help to build a truly multipolar world, the economist argued. He also said India should not fear China and that Beijing should promote New Delhi as the 6th permanent member of the UN Security Council.

“Understand that China and India working together makes the multi-polar world, not the competition between them,” Sachs said.

“I strongly believe that India will not be the new world hegemon, and China will not be the new hegemon,” he argued.

Sachs serves as director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.…