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Chinese envoy meets MEA officials as Beijing voices concern over PM's Arunachal visit |
China's Ambassador to India Zhang
Yang met officials of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday afternoon
shortly after his government expressed "strong" dissastisfaction over Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh during electioneering. There was no
word about what Yang had discussed with the MEA officials. Earlier, Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu had said: "We demand the Indian side address China's
serious concerns and not trigger disturbance in the disputed region so as to facilitate
the healthy development of China-India relations." "China is strongly dissatisfied
with the visit to the disputed region by the Indian leader disregarding China's
serious concerns," Mas added in a statement posted on the ministry's website.
He noted that China and India had "never officially settled" demarcation of their
border, and China's stance on the eastern section of the China-India border was
"consistent and clear-cut". The Indian Government has all along indicated that
Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India and that the people of that state
have a democratic right to elect a government of their choice. Singh had toured
and addressed an election rally in Arunachal Pradesh on October 3. Recently, China
had blocked a part of a loan to India from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for
developmental projects in Arunachal Pradesh. China also protested a visit to the
state last month by exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama. India says China is
illegally occupying 43,180 sq kms of Jammu and Kashmir. On the other hand, China
accuses India of possessing some 90,000 sq km of Chinese territory, mostly in
Arunachal Pradesh. Singh had earlier visited Arunachal Pradesh on January 31 and
February 1 and had then referred to it as "Our land of the rising sun" at a public
rally, which was objected to by China. China apparently saw it as India's assertion
of its claim on Arunachal, which it claims is a "disputed territory". |
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