no plans for pm to meet chinese counterpar

No plans for PM to meet Chinese counterpart : Rao

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no plans to meet his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabo on the sidelines of G-20 Summit in the US next week as India maintained that there is no significant increase in the incursions along the Line of Actual Control (LoAC). Seeking to down play the recent reports of Chinese incursions as "media hype", government said contrary to public perception the situation along the LoAC has been "peaceful and tranquil".

"There is no meeting that has been planned between Singh and his Chinese counterpart, the leader of the Chinese delegation to the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh," Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told reporters today. To a question on Prime Minister's remarks yesterday on Chinese incursions, she said, "as far as this question is concerned we remain in constant touch with China on all issues of bilateral interest and our relationship has matured over the years which is multi-dimensional.

"The leadership of both countries are in contact and the communication remains at all times." On incursions, the Foreign Secretary said, there has been a media "hype" and "intensification" of volume in reporting in the media on the issue. "But on the basis of ground realities, my appreciation of the situation is that there is no significant increase in incursions along the LoAC on all borders with China," she said.