No ban on Chinese firms: Sushma

The Hindu, July 28, 2017

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday that denial of security clearance to a particular Chinese company which wanted to invest in India was not done as a “matter of policy” and it “cannot determine the relation between the two countries.”

In the Rajya Sabha, T. Subbarami Reddy (Congress) asked Ms. Swaraj that while security clearance was denied to a Chinese company, it was given to those from Japan, Korea, Italy and other countries. Would it not have an adverse impact on relations with China, he asked.

Sea-link project

Recently, the Home Ministry denied clearance to China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Ltd., which planned to construct a proposed 22-km sea-link in Navi Mumbai.

Ms. Swaraj replied that there was no policy under which Chinese companies were denied security permission. She objected to a member raising the issue of a particular Chinese company in the House.

She said Japanese or Korean companies might have got the clearance as per the existing procedure. She also said there was “no quid pro quo with China” on the issue of sufferings of the Tibetan people and stapled visas being given to Arunachal Pradesh residents by Beijing.

Stapled visas

Responding to supplementary questions on the issue of stapled visas to Arunachal residents by China, she said, “The issue has been raised in every bilateral meeting at various levels, be it at my level or that of the Prime Minister. The issue has been raised by us.”

Asked about India’s stand on Tibet, she said, “We used to earlier talk of ‘One China’ policy, but we used to say that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India. And when we say that, we want that China should also recognise this. Our policy has been made very clear.”

Dalai Lama’s visit

On the issue of whether India remained a mute spectator towards the alleged atrocities in Tibet, she said, “We are not sitting as a mute spectator. Whenever there are differences, we raise them.”

The Minister said the Dalai Lama wanted to visit Tawang and “we allowed him to do so”. This is not the first time but the fifth or sixth time that he was visiting that place.

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