{"id":8409,"date":"2017-11-13T01:27:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T19:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=8409"},"modified":"2017-11-13T01:27:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T19:57:47","slug":"defence-minister-rebuffs-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2017\/11\/13\/defence-minister-rebuffs-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence minister rebuffs China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>AHMEDABAD, Nov 12:<\/strong> Rebuffing China&#8217;s objection to her visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the northeastern state is an Indian territory and the country is not concerned about someone else&#8217;s opinion on it.<br \/>\nOn Monday, China had objected to Sitharaman&#8217;s first visit to the border state on Saturday and Sunday, saying her tour of the &#8220;disputed area&#8221; was not conducive to peace in the region.<br \/>\nIndia had rejected Beijing&#8217;s objection and asserted that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of the country.<br \/>\n&#8220;What is the problem? There is no problem. It is our territory, we will go there,&#8221; she said in a reply to a query on China&#8217;s reaction on her visit to Arunachal Pradesh.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are not concerned with someone else&#8217;s opinion on this,&#8221; the minister, who is campaigning for the BJP in poll- bound Gujarat, said in a press conference here.<br \/>\nSitharaman had visited forward army posts in remote Anjaw district of the state bordering China to take stock of defence preparedness.<br \/>\nThe minister had visited Nathu La area on the India-China border in Sikkim last month and greeted the People&#8217;s Liberation Army soldiers across the border. Her &#8220;friendly gesture&#8221; had earned appreciation from the Chinese media.<br \/>\nAsked if giving shelter to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was the reason for strained relationship between India and China, she said it was not so.<br \/>\n&#8220;One issue can not make or break a relationship. There are many issues. Every issue has its own weight,&#8221; she said. PTI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AHMEDABAD, Nov 12: Rebuffing China&#8217;s objection to her visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the northeastern state is an Indian territory and the country is not concerned about someone else&#8217;s opinion on it. On Monday, China had objected to Sitharaman&#8217;s first visit to the border state on Saturday and Sunday, saying her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}