China Angered by Indian PM Visit to Disputed Border State

China has expressed anger at a decision by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit the disputed border state of Arunachal Pradesh, saying the move ignored Beijing concerns and could cause serious problems in fostering a healthy relationship between the two countries.

China and India have been at odds over Arunachal Pradesh since the two sides fought a brief war in 1962 and despite several rounds of talks concerning the area they have failed to reach an agreement on the border state.

In a statement posted on its web site the Chinese foreign ministry remarked, “We demand the Indian side address China's serious concerns and not trigger disturbances in the disputed region so as to facilitate the healthy development of China-India relations.”

The Indian foreign ministry responded with a statement of their own saying Arunachal Pradesh was an “integral and inalienable part of India” and China’s statements “did not help the process of ongoing negotiations between the two governments on the boundary question.”

Singh visited the area earlier this month prior to the state assembly polls held on Tuesday.

Beijing has maintained that a large area of Arunachal Pradesh along the Himalayan border belongs to China and is considered “southern” Tibet. The issue has further escalated as plans of a visit to Arunachal Pradesh by exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, a move adamantly opposed by China.

According to Beijing much of the area in question was controlled by Tibet and when China took over Tibet they claimed that territory as their own. The fear in China is that the Dalia Lama will now say that Arunachal Pradesh was never part of Tibet thus eliminating any claims made by China.

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