India hits back at Beijing over Arunachal Pradesh

New Delhi:

The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated that Arunachal Pradesh is “an integral part of India” and said that China can repeat its “baseless claims” many times, but this will not change its stance.

“We have made it clear many times on the Arunachal Pradesh issue,” Randhir Jaiswal, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, said in response to a reporter’s question at the weekly media briefing on Thursday. Made a position clear. We recently issued a statement on this.” … I want to say a few things. “

“China can repeat its baseless claims as many times as it wants. This will not change its stance. Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be an integral part of India,” he added.

Randhir Jaiswal’s statement comes days after China renewed its claim to Arunachal Pradesh.

China’s Ministry of National Defense calls the Indian state “Zangan, China’s inherent territory” and says Beijing “does not recognize and resolutely opposes” the “so-called Arunachal state illegally established by India.”

Since then, India has once again refuted “ridiculous claims” and “baseless arguments” and claimed that the northeastern state is “an integral part of India.”

The people of Arunachal Pradesh will “continue to benefit” from India’s development plans and infrastructure projects, the MEA said in an official statement.

On March 23, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday emphasized that the northeastern state is a part of India.

The minister called Beijing’s claims “ridiculous” but said Arunachal Pradesh was part of India because it was part of India and not just because foreign countries said so.

During his visit to Singapore, Mr. Jaishankar delivered a lecture on his book “Why Bharat Matters” at the Institute of South Asia, National University of Singapore.

Replying to a question during the event, Jaishankar said: “This is not a new issue. China has made claims and expanded its claims. These claims were ridiculous in the beginning and they remain ridiculous today. Arunachal Pradesh is Part of India because it is part of India, not because other countries say it is part of India.”

“So, I think we’re very clear, very consistent on that. That will be part of the ongoing border discussions,” he added.

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