Last update: May 20, 2023, 00:32 IST
File photo: A member of the Indian military force stands guard at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi, India, on March 2, 2023. (Image: Reuters)
India, as the current chair of the G20, has organized a series of meetings at the national level in preparation for the upcoming summit in New Delhi this September.
China said on Friday that it opposes a G20 tourism meeting next week in Kashmir and will not attend.
“China strongly opposes holding any kind of G20 meeting on disputed territory and will not attend such meetings,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said during a regular press conference.
India, as the current chair of the G20, has organized a series of meetings at the national level in preparation for the upcoming summit in New Delhi in 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 inputs from the agency)
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