New Delhi : Under attack in different parts of the world for its conflicting depiction of international borders, Google?s global president of sales Nikesh Arora defended the company?s position by stating that it was an unbiased company and cannot afford to take sides.
?We are an unbiased company, which works on a global basis?.we can?t afford to take sides in a political dispute,? Arora said in an interview to the news channel, NDTV.
On Google?s conflicting depiction of Arunachal Pradesh, he said, ?If you see the Indian map in India, you will see what the Indian government validates as its map. Similarly in China, we have to represent the map they feel accurate.?
India has been consistently taking up the issue of inclusion of Arunachal Pradesh, a state on the north-eastern fringes of the country, in China when the map is assessed from the neighbouring country.
Seeking to defend the company?s stand, Arora said, ?Outside these (India and China) countries, we depict what the United Nations says and we mark certain areas as disputed territories as per the UN.?
He pointed that such conflicting depiction of international borders is not just confined to India and China and Google has run into such conflicts in other parts of the world too.
?Our policy is simple?.when we are doing business in one country, we go by their version?.we do not take sides,? Arora insisted.