<p>"While we value our exchanges with China, there must be sensitivity to each others' concerns," said ministry of external affairs spokesperson Vishnu Prakash. <br /><br />The statement follows a media report that General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Area Command, B.S. Jaswal was supposed to visit China for a high-level exchange but was denied a visa as he had Jammu and Kashmir under his area of control.<br /><br />However, Prakash just said that the visit was cancelled due to "certain reasons".<br />He added that talks were still on with China to resolve the issue. "Our dialogue with China on these issues is ongoing," the MEA spokesperson said.<br /><br />The ministry also said that India and China had a "important, multi-faceted and complex relationship". <br /><br />"Our interaction has been growing in a number of areas, including defence. In recent years, we have had useful defence exchanges at various levels," he added.<br /><br />According to the report in a daily, following the latest visa denial, the defence ministry had stopped the visit of two Chinese army officials to the National Defence College.<br /><br />Responding to questions on the issue, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said in Hyderabad: "It is not the question of breaking ties."<br /><br />"There are occasional problems but that will not affect our broader approach," he told reporters.</p>
<p>"While we value our exchanges with China, there must be sensitivity to each others' concerns," said ministry of external affairs spokesperson Vishnu Prakash. <br /><br />The statement follows a media report that General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Area Command, B.S. Jaswal was supposed to visit China for a high-level exchange but was denied a visa as he had Jammu and Kashmir under his area of control.<br /><br />However, Prakash just said that the visit was cancelled due to "certain reasons".<br />He added that talks were still on with China to resolve the issue. "Our dialogue with China on these issues is ongoing," the MEA spokesperson said.<br /><br />The ministry also said that India and China had a "important, multi-faceted and complex relationship". <br /><br />"Our interaction has been growing in a number of areas, including defence. In recent years, we have had useful defence exchanges at various levels," he added.<br /><br />According to the report in a daily, following the latest visa denial, the defence ministry had stopped the visit of two Chinese army officials to the National Defence College.<br /><br />Responding to questions on the issue, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said in Hyderabad: "It is not the question of breaking ties."<br /><br />"There are occasional problems but that will not affect our broader approach," he told reporters.</p>