NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday it was pushing back against India’s plans to host a G20 tourism working group meeting in Srinagar, a disputed Kashmir region with Pakistan, on Friday. and announced his absence.
India, which holds the G20 presidency this year, is holding a series of meetings across the country leading up to the summit in New Delhi in September.
“China strongly opposes holding any meeting of the G20 in the disputed area and will not attend such a meeting,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
Pakistan is also opposed to holding the G20 meeting in Kashmir.
India countered that it was free to hold meetings within its territory. On Wednesday, he said that border peace was essential for normal relations with China.
Sino-Indian relations have been strained since military clashes broke out in the two countries’ disputed Ladakh region in 2020.
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2023-05-22 01:24:00
