India counters China map claims in tit-for-tat move
- Published: 24 Nov 2012 at 15.47
- Online news: Asia
India is stamping its map on visas given to Chinese visitors, an Indian official said, after China began issuing passports showing disputed territories as its own.
File picture. An Indian soldier patrols at Bumla Pass, on the India-China border, in the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. India is stamping its map on visas given to Chinese visitors, an Indian official said, after China began issuing passports showing territories disputed by the neighbours as its own terrain.
"We have started issuing visas with India's map as we know it," said a foreign ministry official, who did not wish to be named, declining to comment further.
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