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No outside arbitration needed to resolve border issue with China: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday rejected any need for outside arbitration to resolve the vexed issue of India’s boundary dispute with China. New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday rejected any need for outside arbitration to resolve the vexed issue of India’s boundary dispute with China, saying the two countries are competent to find a solution through talks. Asked if India would accept outside arbitration or adjudication to resolve the Sino-India border issue, the Prime Minister said, “there was no need for it as the two countries are talking to each other directly.” Modi said India wants to build friendly relations with all its neighbours. India asserts that the border dispute covered about 4,000 km, while China claims that it confined to about 2,000 km to the area of Arunachal Pradesh, which it refers as Southern Tibet.

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