China says India has no right to develop contested border region

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China says India has no right to develop contested border region

******** Premier Li Keqiang meets with Indian Vice President Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 28, 2014.

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India has no right to carry out development in the area China calls South Tibet, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday in response to a Reuters report on New Delhi’s plans to speed up hydropower projects in the border state.

“South Tibet is China’s territory,” a foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement.

It said India had no right to carry out development there and the establishment of what India calls Arunachal Pradesh on ******** territory is “******** and invalid.”

Reuters reported on Tuesday that India plans 

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 to expedite the construction of 12 hydropower stations in the northeastern Himalayan state.

India’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on China’s statement.

India says its remote state of Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of the country, but China says it is a part of southern Tibet, and has objected to Indian infrastructure projects there.

Last week, India Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his ******** counterpart Wang Yi in Kazakhstan where the two agreed to intensify efforts to 

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 issues along their border.

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