China cancels Modi-Jinping meeting

International Desk: China has cancelled the bilateral meeting with its counterpart India over Sikkim issue expecting to be held during the G-20 Summit in Hamburg starting from Friday.

Beijing says the atmosphere is not right for a formal or bilateral meeting between both the leaders--Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi.

The statement comes amid a lengthy standoff between the armies of the two countries on Line of Actual control adjoining Sikkim on India's eastern border.

Meanwhile India has also rebuked China’s claim, says no meeting was scheduled with the country during the G-20 Summit.

New Delhi has expressed its serious apprehensions over Beijing constructing a road in the Sikkim sector of the LAC. The two leaders had met last month at the SCO Summit in Astana.

India claims Sikkim border as part of its territory, China has said that the area falls on their side as per the 1890 treaty signed between British and China.

It also alleged that the Indian troops had crossed the Sikkim sector of the Indo-China border. Beijing has accused New Delhi of violating a convention signed in 1890 between Britain and China relating to Sikkim and Tibet.

Source: Agencies


risingbd/Dhaka/July 06, 2017/A K Azad