India Tuesday said that China has informed it of its position on its latest dispute with Japan over some contested islands, and hoped that the issue is resolved in "an amicable manner".
"We have been made aware of the Chinese position on this issue," Syed Akbaruddin, the spokesperson of the external affairs ministry, told reporters here.
He was responding to a question on whether China has approached India to present its side in its latest standoff with Japan over the latter's alleged purchase of the five Diaoyu islands, known as Senkaku in Japan.
The spokesperson made it clear that in such matters of maritime dispute, India has always maintained a policy of not taking sides. "We hope these issues are resolved by the parties concerned in an amicable manner," he said.
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yan Monday told reporters here that the embassy's minister counsellor was planning to approach the Indian external affairs ministry to convey that Beijing considers Japan's "purchase" of the Diaoyu islands to be "totally illegal and invalid".
China is seeking to mobilise international opinion against it to pressure Japan in "correcting its mistake".
"We have been made aware of the Chinese position on this issue," Syed Akbaruddin, the spokesperson of the external affairs ministry, told reporters here.
He was responding to a question on whether China has approached India to present its side in its latest standoff with Japan over the latter's alleged purchase of the five Diaoyu islands, known as Senkaku in Japan.
The spokesperson made it clear that in such matters of maritime dispute, India has always maintained a policy of not taking sides. "We hope these issues are resolved by the parties concerned in an amicable manner," he said.
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yan Monday told reporters here that the embassy's minister counsellor was planning to approach the Indian external affairs ministry to convey that Beijing considers Japan's "purchase" of the Diaoyu islands to be "totally illegal and invalid".
China is seeking to mobilise international opinion against it to pressure Japan in "correcting its mistake".
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