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China's invite of Kashmir leader not revenge against India

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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman of the separatist alliance All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference, speaks during an interview with Reuters at his residence in Srinagar on 20 September 2009. Kashmir’s main separatist alliance wants to revive peace talks with India to find a solution to the decades-old problem plaguing the disputed Himalayan region, Farooq said on Sunday.File photo/Reuters/Fayaz Kabli/India

China’s invitation to Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq for a visit is “unrelated” to India allowing the Dalai Lama to tour Arunachal Pradesh, Chinese scholars said today as they asserted that Beijing was “not that petty-minded to take revenge.”

Chinese experts, quoted by People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party say China as well as its affiliate Global Times, say China is not interfering in the dispute over Kashmir between India and Pakistan despite Beijing’s invitation to the Mirwaiz.

Farooq’s expected visit to China comes after the Dalai Lama toured Arunachal Pradesh, the northeastern state which Beijing says is disputed.

The reports noted that there is speculation that China’s move to invite the Mirwaiz is “a counter-measure” by Beijing.

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