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| China advocates border negotiations with India | | | AGENCIES
Beijing, Mar 4: Playing down any impact of a sharp hike in its defence budget on bilateral ties with India saying it poses no threat to any country, the Peoples’ Republic of China has proposed to "advance" the negotiation process with India on resolving the boundary issue in view of the prevailing "good atmosphere",
The Special Representative mechanism created by both the countries to resolve the boundary issue has brought about "some momentum" to bilateral efforts to resolve the problem, Li Zhaoxing, spokesman for the annual session of China's national legislature, told the media.
"We seek to advance the negotiation process on the settlement framework so as to resolve this boundary question which has been created and left by history as soon as possible," Li, a former Foreign Minister, said replying to a question on concerns in India and other neighbours about China raising its defence budget.
"At represent there are friendly and stable relations between China and India. This has created a good atmosphere for the two sides to resolve the boundary question through consultations," he said.
Announcing a sharp increase in China's defence budget from the previous USD 77 to USD 91.5 billion, which is due to be approved by NPC, Li defended the hike saying that India too increased its defence expenditure, which in the GDP terms was more than that of China's.
"It is true that China's defence budget is raised a bit, but the ratio of the defence spending in the country's GDP remains very low, much lower than those of many other countries," he told a press conference for the annual parliamentary session.
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