Refusing to join issue with China over the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, India today hoped that Chinese rhetoric would stop after the Tibetan leader's trip comes to an end. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said, India has made its view very clear that Arunachal is a sovereign territory of India and the country's territorial integrity is not negotiable.<br/><br/>With regard to comments of an 'anonymous' Chinese scholar in a daily there that India is forgetting 1962, Mr. Tharoor said the remarks were silly and escalating the situation by the media there is irresponsible.He said, India has come a long way since 1962 and history does not repeat itself that easily.<br/><br/>
News On AIR | November 10, 2009 7:22 PM
India hopes Chinese rhetoric will stop after Dalai Lama’s trip