China has told India to “stay calm” over a new Chinese map that Delhi says lays claim to its territory, according to a media report.

India protested after Beijing released the map showing Arunachal Pradesh and the disputed Aksai Chin region as China’s territory, as per reports.

Beijing responded by saying its neighbours should refrain from “over-interpreting” the issue, the report said.

Meanwhile, media reports say Chinese president Xi Jinping is likely to skip next week’s G20 summit in Delhi. Reports suggest that premier Li Quang will attend instead.

Xi had earlier confirmed he would travel to Delhi for the meeting on Sept 9-10, but China’s foreign ministry would not confirm his attendance when asked to do so at a regular press briefing on Aug 31.

The escalation over the 2023 edition of China’s standard national map comes just days after PM Modi and Xi spoke on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa, as per reports.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar called China’s claim “absurd”.

An Indian official said afterwards that the two countries had agreed to “intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement and de-escalation” along the disputed border.

The Chinese foreign ministry has called on relevant parties to stay objective and refrain from “over-interpreting of China’s new 2023 standard national map”, after the Indian side lodged a “strong protest” over boundary demarcations, as per news reports.

China’s ministry of natural resources released the 2023 edition of the standard national map on Aug 28, which caused dissatisfaction from India due to boundary disputes.

In response, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a routine press briefing on Aug 30 that releasing the new standard national map “is a routine practice in China’s exercise of sovereignty in accordance with the law”.

“We hope relevant sides can stay objective and calm, and refrain from over-interpreting the issue,” the spokesperson noted, as per reports.

(Source:IANS)

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