‘Meaningless’: India rejects China’s ‘invented name’ for Arunachal Pradesh

India today firmly rejected China’s attempt to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh.

New Delhi:

The Ministry of External Affairs today firmly rejected China’s attempt to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that assigning “invented names” would not change the state which “is, has been and will always be” indivisible to Arunachal Pradesh part of reality. India.

The statement, issued by the MEA in response to media queries, comes after China released its fourth list of 30 new place names across Arunachal Pradesh, with Beijing stepping up its claims in recent weeks to reassert its claim to the Indian state. . .

“China persists in its pointless attempt to rename places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. We firmly oppose such attempts. Designating fictitious names does not change that Arunachal Pradesh is, has been and will always be indivisible part of the reality of India,” MEA spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement.

On March 28, India said that Beijing could “repeat its baseless claims” as many times as it wanted, but that would not change New Delhi’s position that Arunachal Pradesh “has been, is and always will be “An integral part of India. nation.

Jaiswal said this at his weekly press conference in response to queries about China’s continued harping on its claims over Arunachal Pradesh. His remarks at the briefing came days after Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian reiterated China’s claims.

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