BEIJING, Aug 30 - China today downplayed the crucial Indo-US logistics defence pact as �normal cooperation� even as its state media warned that India�s attempts to join US� alliance could �irritate� China, Pakistan or even Russia and bring �strategic troubles� for New Delhi.
�We have noted relevant report. Hope that this cooperation between India and US would work to promote stability and development of the region,� Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in reply to a question about the �Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement� (LEMOA) signed between India and the US.
�For such normal cooperation between the two sides we are glad to see it happen,� she said.
An editorial by state-run Global Times, which was written�ahead of the signing of the logistics agreement in Washington, said India may loose strategic independence if it leans towards the US. � PTI
