NEW DELHI: India on Thursday reacted strongly to the renaming of 15 places inside China Arunachal Pradesh, Acknowledging that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had seen reports to this effect, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “This is not the first time that China has attempted to change the names of places in Arunachal. It had sought such names in 2017 as well.
“Arunachal Pradesh,” he said, “has always been, will always be an integral part of India. Assigning invented names to places in Arunachal The state does not change this fact.”
China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs issued a statement saying they have “standardised” names for 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh to be used on Chinese maps. This is the second time that China has renamed places in Arunachal Pradesh.
On 23 October, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislative body, passed a new law citing the “protection and exploitation of the country’s land border areas”. The committee had said that the new law would come into force from January 1. This law is not specifically for the border of India. China shares a land border of 22,457 km with 14 countries including India.
According to xinhua news agency, the law states that “China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity … China is sacrosanct and inviolable”, and calls on the state “to take measures to protect the territorial integrity and land borders and against any act that undermines these”. to compete”.
While the Chinese have said their border law will not affect existing border arrangements, India stands by Beijing’s intentions.
“Arunachal Pradesh,” he said, “has always been, will always be an integral part of India. Assigning invented names to places in Arunachal The state does not change this fact.”
China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs issued a statement saying they have “standardised” names for 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh to be used on Chinese maps. This is the second time that China has renamed places in Arunachal Pradesh.
On 23 October, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislative body, passed a new law citing the “protection and exploitation of the country’s land border areas”. The committee had said that the new law would come into force from January 1. This law is not specifically for the border of India. China shares a land border of 22,457 km with 14 countries including India.
According to xinhua news agency, the law states that “China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity … China is sacrosanct and inviolable”, and calls on the state “to take measures to protect the territorial integrity and land borders and against any act that undermines these”. to compete”.
While the Chinese have said their border law will not affect existing border arrangements, India stands by Beijing’s intentions.
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