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AFP, New Delhi

New Delhi has cancelled a proposed visit to Beijing by Trade Minister Kamal Nath after China summoned the Indian envoy over Tibetan protests in India, a report said Thursday.

Nath was due to travel to Beijing on April 1 to take part in discussions on a trade agreement between the two Asian giants, The Times of India reported.

But the Indian government called off Nath's trip to protest the Chinese foreign ministry's summoning of India's ambassador to Beijing early Saturday over Tibetan protests in India, the newspaper reported.

A foreign ministry official in New Delhi declined to confirm the report.

China's foreign ministry called Indian ambassador Nirupama Rao at 02:00 am and handed over details of plans of more Tibetan demonstrations in India, after protesters broke into the Chinese embassy compound in New Delhi last Friday.

The Indian government found China's action objectionable, the newspaper reported.

Last week, about 15 Tibetan protesters screaming "Free Tibet" scaled the Chinese embassy complex's high railings and stormed the site.

The exiles had made several prior attempts to enter Chinese diplomatic missions in India since the start of the unrest in Tibet.