BEIJING: China strongly opposes the US saying Arunachal Pradesh is a part of India, a spokesperson for the Chinese language overseas ministry stated on Thursday (Mar 21), as tensions simmer over a contested border shared by each international locations.
“Delimitation of China-India boundary has by no means been accomplished,” stated Lin Jian at a daily press briefing when addressing a question on the continuing tensions across the undemarcated border.
“The China-India border problem is a matter for China and India, it has nothing to do with the US,” Lin stated. “Everybody is aware of that the US has all the time used indiscriminate means to impress and use different international locations’ disputes to serve its personal egocentric geopolitical pursuits.”
Earlier this week, India’s overseas ministry stated the northeastern state which shares a border with China will all the time be an “integral and inalienable a part of India”.
The US authorities stated it recognises Arunachal Pradesh as a part of India and “strongly opposes” any unilateral makes an attempt to advance territorial claims there, in keeping with a press release from the US State Division.
India and China share a 3,800km frontier, a lot of it poorly demarcated. A minimum of 20 Indian troopers and 4 Chinese language troops had been killed in clashes within the space in mid-2020.
Each militaries have fortified positions and deployed troops and tools there in the previous few years, and over the previous yr each international locations have continued to commerce barbs over territorial claims regardless of agreeing to carry talks.
