Last Updated: May 20, 2023, 00:32 IST
File Photo: A member of India’s military force stands guard at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi, India March 2, 2023. (Image: Reuters)
India, as the current chair of G20, has arranged a series of nationwide meetings in preparation for the upcoming summit in New Delhi this September
China said on Friday that it is opposed to a G20 tourism meeting next week in Kashmir and will not attend.
“China is firmly opposed to holding any kind of G20 meetings in disputed territory, and will not attend such meetings,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during a regular press conference.
India, as the current chair of G20, has arranged a series of nationwide meetings in preparation for the upcoming summit in New Delhi this September.
In 2019, India created two federal territories from the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Beijing had opposed this move. Last month, China skipped another G20 meeting held in Ladakh.
Meanwhile, India has maintained that changing the status of Jammu and Kashmir is an internal matter.
(With agency inputs)
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