India has once again rejected the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission, asserting it was constituted without any legal basis. The commission was operationalised on Wednesday in Islamabad and originated from a 2013 agreement between Pakistan and China to manage their boundary.
On Wednesday, India reiterated its stance on the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission, asserting it was constituted without any legal basis. The commission, operationalised earlier in the day with its inaugural meeting in Islamabad, originates from a 2013 agreement between Pakistan and China to manage their boundary.
In response to queries about the development, India's Ministry of External Affairs stated that Pakistan should immediately vacate the areas under its illegal and forcible occupation. The ministry reiterated India's position on this matter, stating that it has never recognised the 'China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement' of 1963, which was signed to demarcate the border between China’s Xinjiang region and the territory in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
As per the agreement, Pakistan had ceded approximately 5,180 sq km of territory known as the Shaksgam Valley to China. India has consistently rejected this agreement, maintaining that the Shaksgam Valley is Indian territory under illegal occupation. India has also opposed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as part passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry added that it 'resolutely opposes and rejects' any attempts to 'legitimise illegal occupation, impinging on India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity'. The ministry reiterated that the 'Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are and will always remain integral and inalienable parts of India' and that Pakistan has no locus standi to enter into arrangements concerning Indian territory under its illegal and forcible occupation.
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