China slams US envoy鈥檚 meddling
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CHINA admonished the United States yesterday for sending its ambassador in India to a contested stretch of land on the India-China border, warning that a third party’s meddling would only complicate a dispute between Beijing and New Delhi.
China claims more than 90,000 square kilometers of territory disputed by India in the eastern sector of the Himalayas. Much of that is called South Tibet in China.
On Friday, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma posted photos on his Twitter account of his recent trip to the disputed area, thanking Indian officials for their “warm hospitality” and calling the region a “magical place.”
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said China was “firmly opposed” to the US diplomat’s actions, which he said would “damage the hard-earned peace and tranquility of the China-India border region.”
“Any responsible third party should respect efforts by China and India to seek peaceful and stable reconciliation, and not the opposite,” Lu told a regular press briefing.
“We urge the United States to stop getting involved in the China-India territorial dispute and do more to benefit this region’s peace and tranquility,” he said, adding that China and India were handling the matter appropriately through talks.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs described Verma’s visit as “nothing unusual.”
The US Ambassador visited the disputed Himalaya region, which is an “integral part of the country to which he is accredited,” Indian ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said in response to the Chinese statement.
No comment was available from the US Embassy in New Delhi.
Disagreement between China and India over parts of their 3,500-kilometer border led to a brief war in 1962.
Both countries have made moves to control the dispute, but repeated rounds of talks are said to have failed to make much progress.
Tensions occasionally flare over the disputed border. In August, China was angered by India’s plans to place advanced cruise missiles there.
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