By KUNA
New Delhi : India Thursday stated that neighbouring China is illegally claiming nearly 90,000 sq kms of Indian territory in the country’s Northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.
“China illegally claims approximately 90,000 sq. kms. of Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh and about 2000 square kms in the Middle Sector of the India-China boundary. The fact that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India has been conveyed by Government to the Chinese side,” India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) here today.
“The Special Representatives of India and China are presently seeking a framework for settlement of the boundary question that is fair, reasonable, mutually acceptable and based on the agreement on Guiding Principles and Political Parameters signed in April 2005,” Mukherjee pointed out.
“Indian territory under the occupation by China in Jammu and Kashmir is approximately 38,000 square kms. In addition, under the so-called China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement of 1963, Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 square kms of Indian territory in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to China,” the minister said.