Beijing, April 06: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today said China should be guided by India’s official stand on issues concerning bilateral ties and not by the reports in the Indian media, an “independent entity” which takes a critical stance on various issues.
“We have an independent media which is very articulate, which is sometimes extremely critical not (only) on India-China relations, but also on various internal and external factors,” he said when a Chinese journalist asked him about “adverse” reports in the Indian media last year.
The journalist was apparently referring to reports in the Indian media about repeated incursions by Chinese troops into Indian territory and Chinese objection to the Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh.
“…But we take it in our own stride,” he said.
–PTI