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India conveys concern to China over presence in PoK
CHINA-LD INDIA
K J M Varma
Beijing, Sep 3 (PTI) India on Friday conveyed its concern
to China over its "activity and presence" in Gilgit-Baltistan
Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir region in the backdrop of reports
that up to 11,000 Chinese troops had moved in there.
Just back from New Delhi where he briefed Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and other members of the Cabinet Committee on
Security, Indian Ambassador to China S Jaishankar met Chinese
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Zhang Zhijun to convey these
concerns.
The Chinese Minister told the Ambassador that Chinese
personnel were present in PoK to render "humanitarian
assistance" to the flood-affected people in the region,
sources in the Indian Embassy said here.
The two also discussed a number of other issues
concerning improvement of bilateral ties, the sources said but
declined to elaborate.
Following a report in 'The New York Times' of People's
Liberation Army (PLA) presence in PoK, India had said it was
independently verifying the matter which it dubbed as
"serious, if true".
"If true, it would be a matter of serious concern and we
would do all that is necessary to ensure safety and security
of the nation," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu
Prakash had said on Monday when asked to comment on the
reports.
These reports represent the latest in a series of
irritants stemming out of Chinese actions in recent weeks
including denial of visa to Lt Gen B S Jaswal, Chief of Indian
Army's North Command, by China apparently on the ground that
he headed troops in Jammu and Kashmir, which Beijing considers
a disputed territory.
India has already put on hold defence exchanges with
China. But Beijing said it has not yet received any official
communication from India and its defence ties with New Delhi
are intact.
Indian officials regard China's policy of issuing stapled
visas to the residents of Jammu and Kashmir since last year as
a big stumbling block in the path of improvement of bilateral
ties.
But the Chinese appeared to be unmoved with Jiang
describing Jammu and Kashmir state as "India-controlled-
Kashmir" as against her terming Gilgit-Baltistan as "Northen
part of Pakistan".
"About our visa policy toward inhabitants in the Indian
controlled Kashmir region, the policy is consistent and stayed
unchanged," Jiang said in her press briefing yesterday.
She also denied the reports about Chinese troop presence
in PoK, saying that it is a fabricated story aimed at
destroying China's relations with Pakistan and India.
Prior to that, Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khan
too denied the report saying that only a Chinese humanitarian
assistance team was present in the area to assist the victims
of the recent floods. PTI KJV
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K J M Varma
Beijing, Sep 3 (PTI) India on Friday conveyed its concern
to China over its "activity and presence" in Gilgit-Baltistan
Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir region in the backdrop of reports
that up to 11,000 Chinese troops had moved in there.
Just back from New Delhi where he briefed Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and other members of the Cabinet Committee on
Security, Indian Ambassador to China S Jaishankar met Chinese
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Zhang Zhijun to convey these
concerns.
The Chinese Minister told the Ambassador that Chinese
personnel were present in PoK to render "humanitarian
assistance" to the flood-affected people in the region,
sources in the Indian Embassy said here.
The two also discussed a number of other issues
concerning improvement of bilateral ties, the sources said but
declined to elaborate.
Following a report in 'The New York Times' of People's
Liberation Army (PLA) presence in PoK, India had said it was
independently verifying the matter which it dubbed as
"serious, if true".
"If true, it would be a matter of serious concern and we
would do all that is necessary to ensure safety and security
of the nation," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu
Prakash had said on Monday when asked to comment on the
reports.
These reports represent the latest in a series of
irritants stemming out of Chinese actions in recent weeks
including denial of visa to Lt Gen B S Jaswal, Chief of Indian
Army's North Command, by China apparently on the ground that
he headed troops in Jammu and Kashmir, which Beijing considers
a disputed territory.
India has already put on hold defence exchanges with
China. But Beijing said it has not yet received any official
communication from India and its defence ties with New Delhi
are intact.
Indian officials regard China's policy of issuing stapled
visas to the residents of Jammu and Kashmir since last year as
a big stumbling block in the path of improvement of bilateral
ties.
But the Chinese appeared to be unmoved with Jiang
describing Jammu and Kashmir state as "India-controlled-
Kashmir" as against her terming Gilgit-Baltistan as "Northen
part of Pakistan".
"About our visa policy toward inhabitants in the Indian
controlled Kashmir region, the policy is consistent and stayed
unchanged," Jiang said in her press briefing yesterday.
She also denied the reports about Chinese troop presence
in PoK, saying that it is a fabricated story aimed at
destroying China's relations with Pakistan and India.
Prior to that, Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khan
too denied the report saying that only a Chinese humanitarian
assistance team was present in the area to assist the victims
of the recent floods. PTI KJV
RBT
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