NEW DELHI, Feb 4 ? China has denied receiving any request from outlawed ULFA for safe passage even as India got in touch with China to checkmate the rebel outfit, Minister of State for External Affairs, Digvijay Singh confirmed here today.
The Minister informed in the Lok Sabha that after media reports regarding a letter addressed to the Chinese Government by ULFA, came to the notice of the Government of India, his Ministry got in touch with the Chinese Embassy here The ULFA had sought safe passage through Chinese territory for members of insurgent groups seeking to escape the armed operations against them that was carried out by the Royal Government of Bhutan.
The Embassy was requested to convey this information to the Chinese Government for appropriate action, he divulged. In response, the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi has conveyed that the Chinese Government attaches great importance to the development of its friendly relations with India; that China has always followed the policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries and will not allow its territory to be used by anybody for activities against other countries.
The Chinese side even denied having received any letter of the kind referred to in media report though it agreed to closely monitor the development of the situation. The Chinese frontier forces are capable of safeguarding the security and stability of their border areas; and that the Chinese side has taken note of the concern of the Indian side in this regard and would keep in touch with the Indian side on these matters, he said.