Chinese language Premier Li Keqiang meets with Indian Vice President Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari on the Nice Corridor of the Folks in Beijing on June 28, 2014.
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India has no proper to hold out growth within the space China calls South Tibet, China’s International Ministry stated on Wednesday in response to a Reuters report on New Delhi’s plans to hurry up hydropower tasks within the border state.
“South Tibet is China’s territory,” a overseas ministry spokesman stated in a press release.
It stated India had no proper to hold out growth there and the institution of what India calls Arunachal Pradesh on Chinese language territory is “unlawful and invalid.”
Reuters reported on Tuesday that India plans to spend $1 billion to expedite the development of 12 hydropower stations within the northeastern Himalayan state.
India’s International Ministry didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon China’s assertion.
India says its distant state of Arunachal Pradesh is an integral a part of the nation, however China says it is part of southern Tibet, and has objected to Indian infrastructure tasks there.
Final week, India International Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese language counterpart Wang Yi in Kazakhstan the place the 2 agreed to accentuate efforts to resolve points alongside their border.
