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Ahead of the Singh-Wen meeting, Foreign Secretary
Nirupama Rao said late Friday that the relationship between
the two countries is a "complex one" though it has "developed
in many areas" in recent years.

Other issues which recently led to the war of words
between the two fastest growing economies in the world
included China issuing visas to people from northern state
Jammu and Kashmir on loose sheets. India had also said that
the Chinese developmental activities in Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir were not in the interest of the Sino-India ties.
China has protested the Dalai Lama's planned visit to
Arunachal Pradesh next month. It accuses the Dalai, who fled
to India in 1949 after a failed uprising against the Communist
rule, of indulging in anti-China activities and trying to
"split" Tibet from the country.
Concerns have also been expressed, especially by
north-eastern Indian states Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, over
reports of China building dams on its side of the river
Brahmputra.
However, in the last few days conciliatory tones were
heard from both New Delhi and Beijing. Senior functionaries of
both the countries said the border issue could be resolved by
dialogue. PTI PC
JVN


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