‘Hu Jintao absence from G8 will be a big setback’
July 8th, 2009 - 10:31 pm ICT by ANIL’Aquila (Italy), July 8 (ANI): Taking a serious note of the absence of the Chinese president at the G8 summit, Indian officials believe that Hu Jintao’s absence during the summit will be a big setback to the G5 outreach nations.
Jintao has cut short his visit and have rushed back following a ethnic conflict in Xinjiang province where more than 150 people are reportedly killed in a ethnic conflict.
Indian officials are of the view that it is extremely serious that the Chinese President had to rush back for such a reason despite the presence of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
Although G8+G5 is not a negotiation forum but is an important fora to build a consensus on key issues like the climate change, food security and democratization of international institutions.
The emerging economies have actually drawn near consensus on most of the issues. India believes that the absence of Chinese President in the summit will weaken its case especially on the pesky issues like cutting down carbon emissions and green technologies.
Declining to comment on the situation in China certain sections of Indian officials say that so far China has remained a mute spectator to Pakistan sponsored insurgency against India and in fact has supported them by blocking the sanctioning of Jaish-e-Mohamed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. (ANI)
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