Beijing:
China on Saturday denied reports that defence exchanges with India had been suspended by New Delhi in retaliation for Beijing refusing a visa to a top general from its neighbour.
'China has not halted defence exchanges with India and has received no word that India has stopped military exchanges between the two countries,' said a statement by China's defence ministry.
The faxed statement was a response to an AFP request for comment on Indian press reports that New Delhi had cancelled defence exchanges and sent an 'angry' letter to Beijing.
The reports said New Delhi's angry reaction came after China refused a visa for an Indian general responsible for the disputed region of Kashmir.
An atmosphere of suspicion surrounds relations between the two giants amid border disputes over Kashmir and the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.