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India protests China's Arunachal comments
Monday February 27, 2012 07:40:39 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: India
Monday expressed its objections and surprise at China's protest
over Defence Minister A.K. Antony's visit to Arunachal Pradesh and
protested against any outside interference in the state.
"Arunachal Pradesh is a part and parcel of India. The defence
minister is entitled to go anywhere in the country he considers
necessary," External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told reporters
here.
The question of any country raising objection does not come into
consideration, said Krishna.
Antony, who visited Arunachal Pradesh Feb 20 for the Silver
Jubilee celebrations of its statehood in state capital Itanagar,
called the Chinese comments "objectionable". He had also announced
a slew of infrastructure development projects for the border state
that day.
Antony said he had the right and the duty as the defence minister
of India to visit all border states any time.
""I was surprised to see such a reaction. I feel it is most
unfortunate and, at the same time, it is really objectionable.
Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India," he told reporters
here on the sidelines of a National Maritime Foundation (NMF)
function.
"I have the right and the duty as the defence minister of India to
visit all border states of the country," he added.
Objecting to the Indian defence minister's visit to Arunachal
Pradesh, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei had Saturday
asked "India to work with China to maintain peace and stability in
border areas".
Hong had asserted that China advocated seeking a fair and rational
solution through equal and friendly negotiations, adding that
Bejing's stance on Sino-Indian border issues, including disputes
regarding the eastern section, has been consistent and clear-cut.
He also called upon India to desist from taking any action that
could complicate the issue.
He was reacting to media reports about Indian officials
participating in activities organised by the "so-called Arunachal
region", without directly referring to Antony's visit to Arunachal
Pradesh.
The latest Chinese assertion on Arunachal Pradesh came more than a
month after special representatives of India and China held the
15th round of boundary talks here to discuss a framework that can
form the basis for resolving their decades-old boundary dispute.
Beijing's claims on Arunachal Pradesh are part of the boundary
negotiations between the two rising Asian powers.
In the boundary negotiations, China hardened its stance on
Arunachal Pradesh, part of its negotiating tactic to extract
concessions from India in any final boundary settlement.
Last month, China had denied visa to a senior Indian Air Force
officer belonging to Arunachal Pradesh to visit that country as
part of a defence delegation visiting that country. This had
prompted New Delhi to scale down the size of the delegation.
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