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equality of subsets of abelian groups

Let G be a finite abelian group, X and Y be two non-empty subsets of G of equal size. Suppose that for each irreducible character $\chi$ of G we have $\sum_{x\in X}\chi(x)=\sum_{y\in Y}\chi(y)$. Is this true that $X=Y$ in general?