Geneva: After being snubbed, China has
conveyed to India that it has no intention of playing a broker
in India-Pakistan relations and favours direct talks between
them.
Beijing has communicated to New Delhi that it respects
its stance that there was no role for any third party in
mediation of Indo-Pak affairs, Indian government sources said.
China has said there is no change in its position that
Indo-Pak relations are bilateral in nature, said the source
accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his way to
Washington.
India was annoyed when a Sino-US joint statement,
issued after talks between President Barack Obama and
President Hu Jintao in Beijing last week, made a mention of
Indo-Pak relations.
India has made it clear that it is not ready to accept
"guardianship" of anybody, whether China, the US or any other
country, even if mild-handed.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 00:52