China: don’t complicate border situation

October 16, 2014 09:26 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 04:14 am IST - Beijing

China on Wednesday sharply reacted to India’s plans to construct a road network along the McMahon line in Arunachal Pradesh and expressed hope that India will not take any action which may complicate the situation before a final settlement is reached to end the boundary dispute.

“We still need to verify the specifics. The boundary issue between China and India is left by colonial past. We need to deal with this issue properly,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lie told a media briefing here.

He was reacting to comments by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju stating that there was plan to construct a road network along the international boundary from Mago-Thingbu in Tawang to Vijaynagar in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh.

“There is a dispute about the eastern part of the China- India border. Before final settlement is reached we hope that India will not take any action that may further complicate the situation,” Mr. Hong said. “We should create favourable conditions for the final settlement of the border issue,” he said.

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