External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday denied reports of China entering Arunachal Pradesh, and reaffirmed India’s robust patrolling of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday denied reports of China entering Arunachal Pradesh, and reaffirmed India’s robust patrolling of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
New Delhi, 06/10 – The remarks by Jaishankar came while addressing an interactive session at The Conclave 2024 hosted by Pratidin Time in New Delhi.
On being asked about reports of China entering the Arunachal border in recent times, Jaishankar said, “China entered the border in 1959! What are you talking about?…”
He added, “What happens is, in Arunachal Pradesh, we are very robust in our patrolling of the LAC. And I can tell you that you know, in terms of our patrolling in the LAC, there’s has been no major change in the last five-ten years or maybe even longer.”
Notably, for decades, China has been claiming Arunachal Pradesh as its part. In April, China had released a list of 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh in a bid to assert its claim over India’s northeastern state. India had rejected such renaming of places by China, stating that assigning invented names will “not alter the reality that the state will always be an integral and inalienable part of India.”
Jaishankar also spoke on bilateral ties with Bangladesh and said, “We are close neighbours… Our connections today are very, very deep. The movement of people between us is very, very large.”
