China says documentary on LeT does not represent its stand

June 09, 2016 20:27

China today disowned a documentary shown by the state-run channels about the involvement of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Tayiba in the Mumbai attacks, saying it is a dubbed version of an American TV programme and no way represents the government's position.

"We have contacted the Chinese media and learnt that the relevant program is a Chinese-dubbed American documentary," a brief statement put out by the Chinese foreign ministry on its website said today.

"What it (documentary) said does not represent the position of the Chinese government. China's position on the issue of counter-terrorism remains unchanged," it said. The ministry's reaction was in response to a question on the China Central Television documentary on the Mumbai terror attacks, linking Pakistan to the assault.

While it was unprecedented for CCTV to carry a documentary in which confessions of Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of the Mumbai attacks, was also shown, officials say it was equally rare for Chinese foreign ministry to refute the report which went against China's all weather ally Pakistan.

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