India conveys concern to China over presence in ***

[Lankan Ranger]

India conveys concern to China over presence in ***

India on Friday conveyed its concern to China over its “activity and presence” in Gilgit-Baltistan, the *****************-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 *** 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 ***, 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.

The Hindu : News / National : India conveys concern to China over presence in Azad Kashmir

 

[Malik Usman]

If they exists in Gilgit-Baltistan............the protest must be come from Pakistani Peoples.......why india is crying.........Gilgit Baltistan is Pakistani Province and nobody has right to say anything whatever we do as long as we are in our boundaries......

 

[sivadreams]

If they exists in Gilgit-Baltistan............the protest must be come from Pakistani Peoples.......why india is crying.........Gilgit Baltistan is Pakistani Province and nobody has right to say anything whatever we do as long as we are in our boundaries......

Like you say J&K as Indian Occupied Territory we have right to say Gilgit-Balistan as Pakistan Occupied Territory

 

[rsingh]

The damage is already done. Best what Indian government can do now , is not acknowledge the presence of the Chinese in Kashmir and in case there Mumbai like attack , then give army free hand in Pakistani Kashmir.

 

[IBRIS]

Get your Kashmir facts right, India tells China

India on Friday conveyed its "serious concerns" to China over the reported presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan 0ccupied Kashmir and rejected Beijing's description of Jammu and Kashmir as "India-controlled Kashmir".

India's Ambassador to China S Jaishankar met Chinese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Zhang Zhijun in Beijing on Friday and conveyed New Delhi's "serious concern over China's activities in Pakistani 0ccupied Kashmir (P0K)", official sources said.

The issue of the reported presence of Chinese troops in Gilgit-Baltistan also figured in the discussions, reliable sources said.

The envoy reiterated India's objections to the Chinese plan to build dams and other infrastructure projects in the P0K, added sources.

Jaishankar also protested against the description of Jammu and Kashmir by a Chinese official as "Indian-controlled Kashmir" and P0K as "northern part of Pakistan".

"The story that China has deployed its military in northern part of Pakistan is totally groundless and out of ulterior purpose," Jiang Yu, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman, said on Thursday.

"Some people are fabricating reports to destroy relations between China, Pakistan and India. But their efforts will get nowhere," she said.

Jiang, however, made it clear Beijing will stick to its policy about stapled visas for Indians living in Jammu & Kashmir, a practice India has protested repeatedly, but with no impact on Beijing.

India has made it clear that issuing stapled visas amounted to questioning India's sovereignty over Jammu and Kashmir.

Jaishankar returned to Beijing on Thursday after briefing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his senior ministers at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The meeting reviewed India-China relations and discussed options in dealing with what is seen in New Delhi as aggressive posturing by China on issues critical to India's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

In response to a report in the New York Times (NYT) that claimed around 11,000 Chinese troops were present in Gilgit-Baltistan region administered by Pakistan, China dismissed the report late on Wednesday night, saying these reports were designed to hurt its ties with India.

India took some time to verify these reports before conveying to Beijing its concerns that came amid tension in its ties with China over the denial of visa to a senior India Army commander on grounds that his command included Jammu and Kashmir.

The NYT report linked the military presence to China’s plans to gain a "grip on the strategic area to ensure unfettered road and rail access to the Gulf through Pakistan".

On Monday, Indian external affairs ministry spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said in New Delhi: "If true, it would be a matter of serious concern and we would do all that is necessary to ensure the safety and security of the nation."
Get your Kashmir facts right, India tells China - Hindustan Times

 

[prototype]

If they exists in Gilgit-Baltistan............the protest must be come from Pakistani Peoples.......why india is crying.........Gilgit Baltistan is Pakistani Province and nobody has right to say anything whatever we do as long as we are in our boundaries......

just like the same u people continuously keep crying about Indian Kashmir,if insurgency in Kashmir is a matter that concern u very much,then this is also a matter that concern us,dont live in any delusion,whatever u call that place,azad or whatever,that place is also disputed