Beijing: Japan has told China that its plans to build 2,000 kms of “strategic road” in India’s North-East do not come under the disputed areas along the Sino-Indian border, a senior Chinese official said today.
“China has noted such reports and checked with capable authorities,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a media briefing on Tuesday answering a question about reports that Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) will build 2,000 km “strategic road” in the “disputed” Eastern part of China-India boundary.
“The Japanese side has clarified that its cooperation with India is not in the disputed area between China and India,” he said.
China, which claims Arunachal Pradesh as Southern Tibet, has earlier opposed Asian Development Bank's (ADB) plans to extend assistance there stating that it was a disputed area. According to the foreign ministry, China sought clarification from Japan. He did not clarify “capable authority” or whether the issue was taken up with India.
