China will loose trade if it supports Pak: BJP delegation

In a strong message to China, the 11- member high-level BJP delegation has clarified that the goodwill China enjoys in India, could get affected if Beijing is seen as supporting Pakistan against India's decision to modify the provisions of Article 370 relating to Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi:The 11- member high-level BJP delegation has conveyed the Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership that the goodwill China enjoys in India could get affected if Beijing is seen as supporting Pakistan.

The delegation claimed that the neighbouring country, Pakistan, is fostering and promoting terrorist activities in India. The delegation led by general secretary Arun Singh also urged China to take measures to increase imports from India so that the $57.86 billion trade deficit could be brought down.

In discussions between the BJP delegation and the CPC leadership during the seven-day visit that included party MPs, the key message was that 'each one should respect the other’s concerns, sensitivities and aspirations.'

Incidentally, the BJP delegation’s August 26-September 1 visit comes ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India in October and also in the wake of the Centre’s move to scrap the special status to Jammu and Kashmir state and bifurcate it into two Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh.

Beijing had reacted strongly to the move saying India should avoid “unilateral actions” in J&K that could trigger tensions in the region and maintained that the reorganisation of Ladakh as a UT was “unacceptable.”

On August 16, China had pushed the United Nations Security Council to meet for a closed-door, informal consultation on the situation in J&K.

China’s envoy to the UN Zhang Jun said UNSC members were “concerned about the human rights situation there and also it’s the general view of members that parties concerned should refrain from taking any unilateral action that might further aggravate the tension”. India has rebutted the claim.

However, BJP leader Arun Singh said the issue was not raised in meetings with top CPC leaders, but the matter came up in “small meetings”.

“We maintained that there is no change in the territory of any country. And the whole purpose of the move was the welfare of the people in the state,” added Singh.