In the wake of the rejection of an Indian student's internship request by a professor in Germany citing the "rape problem" in the country, Union Minister Gen (retd) VK Singh today said that differences of opinion exist and issues caused due to misunderstanding would go away.   

"Differences of opinion we do find in other countries also. It is not about differences of opinion, it is about the end result... I am quite sure that certain things, which at times get created because of misunderstanding and misapprehensions, will go away. It is not for us to do that,"said Singh, the Minister of State for External Affairs.   

Asked by reporters whether the issue should be taken up at the government level, he said, "I am quite sure a lot of things are happening which need not be discussed outside the parameters of the ministry."   

Singh said the media has great responsibility as far as this particular issue was concerned.   

Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger of Leipzig University in Germany had rejected the internship application, saying she does not accept any Indian male students for internship.