Attending Nobel Peace Prize ceremony not bilateral issue:India

New Delhi, Dec 9 (PTI) India on Thursday said its
decision to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on Friday at
Oslo for Chinese dissident Liu Xiabo was not a bilateral issue
between New Delhi and Beijing.
"This is not a bilateral question between China and
India. This is a Nobel function arranged by the Nobel
foundation.... I think India has already taken a decision to
be represented as... on earlier occasions through our
Ambassador," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told
reporters.
Although China has called upon all countries, including
India, to keep away from the ceremony, New Delhi is among
those which has confirmed their participation.
While 44 countries have accepted the invitation, 19
countries, including Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Columbia,
Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam and
Afghanistan have for various reasons declined the invitation.
PTI