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NEW DELHI: A day after China raised objections to Home Minister Amit Shah’s go to to Arunachal Pradesh, the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday acknowledged the northeastern state was an “integral and inalienable part of India”.
“Such objections do not stand to reason and will not change reality,” acknowledged MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
“We completely reject the comments made by the Chinese official spokesperson. Indian leaders routinely travel to the state of Arunachal Pradesh as they do to any other state of India,” Bagchi acknowledged.
“Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. Objecting to such visits does not stand to reason and will not change the above reality,” he acknowledged.
China had raised an objection when Amit Shah visited Arunachal Pradesh and launched the ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ from Kibithoo, a village alongside the India-China border and India’s easternmost place.
Addressing a gathering, the Home Minister, in a clear message to China, acknowledged no one can dare stable an evil eye on India’s territorial integrity and encroach even an “inch of our land”.
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“Times when anyone could encroach on Indian land have passed. No one can question India’s territorial integrity. Nobody can take even an inch of our land,” he had acknowledged.
Last week, China “renamed” some areas in Arunachal Pradesh that it claims as part of its territory. This is the third time that China has “renamed” areas in Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls “Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet”.
India had rejected this declare too and had issued an announcement to that affect.
“We have seen such reports. This is not the first time China has made such an attempt. We reject this outright. Arunachal Pradesh is, has been and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India. Attempts to assign invented names will not alter this reality,” Bagchi had acknowledged on April 4.
The 11 areas ‘renamed’ embrace 5 mountain peaks, two residential areas, two land areas and two rivers. The claimed geographical area has on a regular basis been managed and administered by India.
India-China relations have been strained as a result of the Galwan incident in June 2020 though diplomatically every worldwide areas are nonetheless associated and are part of groupings like BRICS, G20 and RICs. China has taken half in fairly a number of G20 related events in India uptil now – every bodily and nearly.
NEW DELHI: A day after China raised objections to Home Minister Amit Shah’s go to to Arunachal Pradesh, the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday acknowledged the northeastern state was an “integral and inalienable part of India”.
“Such objections do not stand to reason and will not change reality,” acknowledged MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
“We completely reject the comments made by the Chinese official spokesperson. Indian leaders routinely travel to the state of Arunachal Pradesh as they do to any other state of India,” Bagchi acknowledged.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. Objecting to such visits does not stand to reason and will not change the above reality,” he acknowledged.
China had raised an objection when Amit Shah visited Arunachal Pradesh and launched the ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ from Kibithoo, a village alongside the India-China border and India’s easternmost place.
Addressing a gathering, the Home Minister, in a clear message to China, acknowledged no one can dare stable an evil eye on India’s territorial integrity and encroach even an “inch of our land”.
ALSO READ | Nobody can stable evil eye on us or encroach upon our land, says Amit Shah in Arunachal
“Times when anyone could encroach on Indian land have passed. No one can question India’s territorial integrity. Nobody can take even an inch of our land,” he had acknowledged.
Last week, China “renamed” some areas in Arunachal Pradesh that it claims as part of its territory. This is the third time that China has “renamed” areas in Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls “Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet”.
India had rejected this declare too and had issued an announcement to that affect.
“We have seen such reports. This is not the first time China has made such an attempt. We reject this outright. Arunachal Pradesh is, has been and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India. Attempts to assign invented names will not alter this reality,” Bagchi had acknowledged on April 4.
The 11 areas ‘renamed’ embrace 5 mountain peaks, two residential areas, two land areas and two rivers. The claimed geographical area has on a regular basis been managed and administered by India.
India-China relations have been strained as a result of the Galwan incident in June 2020 though diplomatically every worldwide areas are nonetheless associated and are part of groupings like BRICS, G20 and RICs. China has taken half in fairly a number of G20 related events in India uptil now – every bodily and nearly.
