NEW DELHI - India’s defence minister on Thursday said New Delhi was committed to resolving its list of “complex, unresolved issues” with China through peaceful means, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
India says China occupies 38,000 square kilometres (14,670 square miles) of its territory, while Beijing claims 90,000 square kilometres of Indian territory, or the whole of the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The two Asian neighbours fought a brief but bloody war in 1962.
“There is enough space for both India and China to grow into influential nations in the evolving international order,” Defence Minister A.K. Antony was quoted as saying at a military function in New Delhi. He said there were “complex unresolved issues” but added that “India believes that these should be resolved through peaceful means.” |