India Rejects China’s ‘Absurd Claims’ On Arunachal Pradesh – Kashmir Reader

New Delhi: India has once more rejected the “absurd claims” and “baseless arguments” made by China on Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the northeast State is an “integral and inalienable a part of India.”
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs in an official assertion at the moment famous that the folks of Arunachal Pradesh will “proceed to profit” from India’s growth programmes and infrastructure initiatives.
“We’ve famous the feedback made by the Spokesperson of the Chinese language Defence Ministry advancing absurd claims over the territory of the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh. Repeating baseless arguments on this regard doesn’t lend such claims any validity,” mentioned the official spokesperson of MEA, Randhir Jaiswal.
“Arunachal Pradesh was, is and can at all times be an integral and inalienable a part of India. Its folks will proceed to profit from our growth programmes and infrastructure initiatives,” the assertion added.
The Chinese language defence ministry not too long ago reiterated its declare over Arunachal Pradesh, terming the Indian State as as “Zangan- an inherent a part of China’s territory”.
“Zangnan is China’s inherent territory, and China by no means acknowledges and firmly opposes India’s unlawful institution of the so-called ‘Arunachal Pradesh’,” mentioned spokesperson of the Ministry of Nationwide Defence Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang on March 15.
The Chinese language army’s feedback got here a number of days after India despatched out a robust rebuttal to China for the latter’s feedback on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Arunachal Pradesh.
In an earlier assertion, MEA famous that China’s objection to visits by Indian leaders or India’s developmental initiatives “doesn’t stand to motive”.
“We reject the feedback made by the Chinese language aspect relating to the go to of the Prime Minister to Arunachal Pradesh. Indian leaders go to Arunachal Pradesh infrequently, as they go to different States of India. Objecting to such visits or India’s developmental initiatives doesn’t stand to motive,” MEA official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned on March 12.
“Additional, it is not going to change the fact that the State of Arunachal Pradesh was, is, and can at all times be an integral and inalienable a part of India. Chinese language aspect has been made conscious of this constant place on a number of events,” the spokesperson added.
PM Modi on March 9 had just about inaugurated the strategic Sela Tunnel throughout an occasion held in Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
The tunnel has been constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at an altitude of 13,000 toes on the highway connecting Tezpur, Assam to Tawang within the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh close to the Line of Precise Management (LAC).
China, which claims Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet, routinely objects to Indian leaders’ visits to the state to focus on its claims. Beijing has additionally named the realm as Zangnan. (Businesses)

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