BEIJING, May 16 - Accusing the US of �sowing discord� between China and India, Beijing today said the two neighbours are wise enough to resolve their boundary dispute peacefully through talks and asked America to respect their efforts.
Dismissing as groundless a Pentagon report that claimed the Communist giant was deploying more troops along the Sino-Indian borders, China said that it was a misrepresentation of its military development.
�Maintaining peace and tranquillity along the China-India border areas is an important consensus reached between the leaders of the two countries,� the Chinese Defence Ministry said in written response to PTI here about the US report.
�Currently, the border forces of China and India are actively carrying out exchanges, working towards establishing hotline between the two militaries, and are in close communication through the mechanism of border personnel meetings,� it said.
�The situation in the China-India border is overall peaceful and stable. The relevant statements by US defence officials are clearly unsubstantiated and intended to sow discord,� between India and China, the ministry said.
Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry in a written response said the US must respect India-China efforts to resolve the boundary dispute peacefully through negotiations.
India and China last month held the 19th round of talks to resolve the border dispute stretching along the 3488 km long Line of Actual Control (LAC).
While China says that the boundary dispute is confined to 2,000 km, mainly in Arunachal Pradesh in eastern sector which it claims as part of southern Tibet, India asserts that the dispute covered the whole of the LAC including the Aksai Chin.
�The Chinese side is committed to safeguarding peace and tranquillity of the border areas between China and India, and resolving the boundary question through negotiation with India,� the Foreign Ministry said in written response to PTI.
BEIJING, May 16 - Accusing the US of �sowing discord� between China and India, Beijing today said the two neighbours are wise enough to resolve their boundary dispute peacefully through talks and asked America to respect their efforts.
Dismissing as groundless a Pentagon report that claimed the Communist giant was deploying more troops along the Sino-Indian borders, China said that it was a misrepresentation of its military development.
�Maintaining peace and tranquillity along the China-India border areas is an important consensus reached between the leaders of the two countries,� the Chinese Defence Ministry said in written response to PTI here about the US report.
�Currently, the border forces of China and India are actively carrying out exchanges, working towards establishing hotline between the two militaries, and are in close communication through the mechanism of border personnel meetings,� it said.
�The situation in the China-India border is overall peaceful and stable. The relevant statements by US defence officials are clearly unsubstantiated and intended to sow discord,� between India and China, the ministry said.
Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry in a written response said the US must respect India-China efforts to resolve the boundary dispute peacefully through negotiations.
India and China last month held the 19th round of talks to resolve the border dispute stretching along the 3488 km long Line of Actual Control (LAC).
While China says that the boundary dispute is confined to 2,000 km, mainly in Arunachal Pradesh in eastern sector which it claims as part of southern Tibet, India asserts that the dispute covered the whole of the LAC including the Aksai Chin.
�The Chinese side is committed to safeguarding peace and tranquillity of the border areas between China and India, and resolving the boundary question through negotiation with India,� the Foreign Ministry said in written response to PTI.
