New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- A day after India rejected China's response to the detention of an Indian national from Arunachal Pradesh at the Shanghai airport, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday said that actions by Beijing are unhelpful in normalising ties.

On November 21, Pema Wangjom Thongdok, a UK-based Indian citizen who was travelling from London to Japan, claimed that her three-hour scheduled layover turned into a traumatising ordeal after immigration personnel declared her passport 'invalid' solely because it listed Arunachal Pradesh as her birthplace.

Addressing a weekly briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that arbitrary actions by China are most unhelpful towards efforts made by both sides to build mutual...