New Delhi: India has always taken up with China its concerns whenever there were incursions across the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Defence Minister AK Antony said in New Delhi on Saturday.
“Whenever there is any issue, it is always taken up with the appropriate channels and that system is continuing,” Antony said when asked about the recent reports of Chinese intrusions in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Defence Minister said it would not be proper on his part to go into details as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is embarking on a visit to China.
“At this moment I do not want go into the details. Our Prime Minister is going to China. Let’s hope that the visit will be successful,” Antony said on the sidelines of a defence meet in the capital.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has already gone on record saying Chinese incursions have taken place “sometimes” across the Line of Actual Control but felt there was no need to press any “panic button”.
“There is nothing to be worried of at this point of time and the mechanisms which we have are doing well,” Mukherjee told Karan Thapar on Devil’s Advocate programme of CNN-IBN.
Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Friday said that there are differences of perception with China over certain areas along the LAC but both countries are committed to maintaining peace and tranquillity along the border.
The Prime Minister is leaving for Beijing on Saturday night on a three-day visit. He will hold wide-ranging talks with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao and will also call on President Hu Jintao.
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