Communist Party delegation to visit India amid Arunachal row

Beijing, Nov 9 (PTI) Amid the recent Sino-Indian spat over
India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Dalai
Lama's ongoing visit there, China's ruling Communist Party
Monday sent a high-level delegation to India.

A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) left
here Monday for a visit to India, the official Xinhua news
agency said in a brief report.
The delegation is headed by Liu Qibao, member of the CPC's
powerful Central Committee. 53-year-old Liu is also secretary
of the CPC's Provincial Committee of Sichuan, bordering Tibet.
The CPC delegation has been invited by the Communist Party
of India (Marxist), the report said.
However, the report did not mention the recent verbal spat
between China and India over Arunachal Pradesh or China's
opposition to the 74-year-old exiled Tibetan spiritual leader
Dalai Lama's ongoing visit to the northeastern state.
China has strongly objected to the Dalai Lama's visit
and in recent days it has stepped up rhetoric claiming Tawang
and whole of Arunachal as part of their country.
The CPC delegation will also visit Sri Lanka and Iran at
the invitation of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the Islamic
Coalition Party of Iran, the report said.
The CPC, the ruling party in China since the founding of
the People's Republic in 1949, regularly sends delegations
abroad to cement party-to-party relations as well as to
bolster Beijing's bilateral ties with other nations. PTI AKJ
ANU


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