G20 venues: PM Modi dismisses China's objection over Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh

Prime minister Narendra Modi has shrugged off China and Pakistan's objections over G20 events conducted in Kashmir and Arunachal in March this year. PM's remarks came while speaking to news agency PTI ahead of G20 summit.

During the interaction PM asserted, "Such a question would be valid if we had refrained from conducting meetings in those venues. Ours is such a vast, beautiful and diverse nation. When G20 meetings are happening, isn’t it natural that meetings will be held in every part of our country,"

India held the third G20 working group meeting on tourism for three days from May 22 in Srinagar.

Delegates of all G20 countries, barring China, visited the picturesque Valley for the event. A large number of delegates had also visited Arunachal Pradesh in March for a G20 event.

China, a G20 member, and Pakistan, which is not a member of the bloc, had objected to the decision to hold one of the events in Kashmir, which they call "disputed".