There have been several meetings between India and China on the border dispute, but the impasse continues.
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China recently released the 2023 edition of the ‘Standard Map of China’, in which it has shown Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai China as part of it. India has strongly opposed this. Calling it an old habit of China, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar Prasad said that just making absurd claims does not make other people’s territories your own. After India’s jaw-dropping response, China has reacted. China described it as a “normal exercise of sovereignty in accordance with law”.
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Chinese Embassy in India spokesperson Wang Xiaojian shared details of the briefing by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday. “We hope that the relevant parties will remain objective and calm. They will refrain from over-interpreting the issue,” he said.
What else did External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar say?
In fact, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar completely rejected China’s new ‘map’. In a special interview given to NDTV, Jaishankar said that publishing such maps is an old habit of China. Nothing comes of their claims. External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said – the areas that China has declared as its own in the map are not its own. It is an old Chinese habit to do this. Aksai is an integral part of China and Ladakh of India. Even earlier, China has been making maps of parts of India. Nothing comes of his claims. The attitude of our government is clear. Making a frivolous claim does not mean that someone else’s territories will become yours.
Rahul Gandhi targeted the PM
Meanwhile, China’s new map has created a political controversy in India. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said that PM Modi should answer on this. Rahul Gandhi said, “I have been saying for years that what the PM said that not an inch of land has been lost in Ladakh is wrong. The whole of Ladakh knows that China has encroached. The map issue is serious. The Prime Minister should be made aware of this.” Something should be said about that.
China’s new map time
As the G-20 summit is about to be held in India, China has released its new standard map. At the same time, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “informal talks” at the BRICS summit in South Africa last week. After which China released the map.
China changed the names of 11 places in Arunachal in April
Earlier in April 2023, China changed the names of 11 places of Arunachal Pradesh in its map. This is the third time China has done so in the last 5 years. Earlier, China changed the names of 15 places in 2021 and 6 in 2017.