India Rejects Pakistan-China Border Commission
India has rejected the newly operationalised Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission, saying it has no legal basis because the areas involved are territories New Delhi considers integral parts of India. The response followed the inaugural meeting of the commission in Islamabad.
India Rejects Pakistan-China Boundary Commission
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India does not recognise the existence of a legitimate Pakistan-China boundary in the disputed region and rejected the commission established by Islamabad and Beijing.
India maintains that the entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of the country. New Delhi argues that Pakistan has no authority to enter into territorial arrangements involving areas under its control that India claims as its own.
India also called on Pakistan to vacate territories that New Delhi considers to be under illegal occupation.
India Rejects 1963 China-Pakistan Border Deal
India reiterated that it has never recognised the 1963 China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement and considers the pact illegal and invalid.
Under that agreement, Pakistan and China settled a boundary involving territory in the Kashmir region, including the Shaksgam Valley.
India disputes the arrangement and maintains that Pakistan did not possess the sovereign authority to negotiate or transfer territory claimed by New Delhi.
Pakistan Calls Commission a Major Milestone
Pakistan has described the commission as a significant development in its relationship with China.
Islamabad says the mechanism will support border management, joint surveys, trade flows and people-to-people connectivity.
The dispute reflects continuing disagreements between India, Pakistan and China over territorial claims in the wider Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh region.
