India Rejects China's Territorial Claim Over Arunachal Pradesh in New Map
India has firmly rejected a recent map published by China, labeling it an 'absurd claim' due to its inclusion of disputed territories controlled by New Delhi.
On Tuesday, India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar criticized China's longstanding practice of incorporating lands belonging to other nations into its maps. He emphasized that these territories are unquestionably part of India and affirmed the government's unequivocal commitment to defending its borders.
Jaishankar's comments were made during an interview with the New Delhi Television news channel, where he responded to China's map, which includes India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and sections of Kashmir.
This map was released shortly after both nations had agreed to reduce tensions along their border disputes. Notably, it also asserts Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan and the South China Sea.
Tensions between Beijing and New Delhi have persisted since a deadly clash between their troops in 2020 along a disputed border in the Ladakh region. This skirmish resulted in casualties on both sides, with at least 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese soldiers losing their lives.
China maintains a claim over Arunachal Pradesh, a region in the eastern Himalayas, contending that it is part of southern Tibet. In April, China unveiled a map renaming 11 locations in Arunachal Pradesh as part of "Zangnan," or southern Tibet in Chinese terminology. Aksai Chin, a plateau in the western Himalayas, is another area subject to conflicting territorial claims, with India asserting sovereignty but China exercising control.
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