Beijing Says India's Kashmir Move Undermines China's Sovereignty, Gets Support from 'Friend' Pakistan
Beijing has always opposed India’s inclusion of Chinese territory in the western section of the China-India border, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswomen Hua Chunying said in a statement Tuesday.
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New Delhi: China criticised India's decision to change the state of Jammu and Kashmir, accusing New Delhi of undermining its territorial sovereignty, particularly with reference to Ladakh — an area of strategic importance between Tibet and Pakistan.
Beijing has always opposed India’s inclusion of Chinese territory in the western section of the China-India border, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswomen Hua Chunying said in a statement Tuesday.
"The recent unilateral revision of domestic laws by the Indian side continues to undermine China's territorial sovereignty, which is unacceptable and will not have any effect," Hua was quoted by Bloomberg news as saying.
This comes just two years after the border standoff between India and China at the Doklam Plateau. Meanwhile, Pakistan has also launched a diplomatic protest, while its army has promised to go to "any extent" to oppose India's decision.
"We call on India and Pakistan to peacefully resolve relevant disputes through dialogue," she said, noting China had urged India to "avoid any move that further complicates the border issue," Hua added.
In response to a query on comments made by the Chinese official on the issue, the MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, "The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019, introduced by the Government in Parliament on August 5, which proposes the formation of a new 'Union Territory of Ladakh' is an internal matter concerning the territory of India. India does not comment on the internal affairs of other countries and similarly expects other countries to do likewise."
"So far, as the India-China Boundary Question is concerned, the two sides have agreed to a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement of the boundary question on the basis of the political parameters and guiding principles for the settlement of India-China boundary question. Pending such a settlement, both sides have agreed to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas on the basis of the relevant agreements," he added.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan, while addressing the country's Parliament, also reiterated China's stand. "China slams India's decision to scrap Article 370. The Chinese Foreign Ministry says India's move is unacceptable and has unilaterally modified its domestic laws in such a way as to continue to undermine China's territorial sovereignty," he said.
India claims north eastern part of the Ladakh region — called Askai Chin — is an integral part of the country. It is currently under Chinese occupation.
China hits out at India on Ladakh, urges India, Pak. to exercise restraint
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. File
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“China is seriously concerned about the current situation in Kashmir,” says foreign ministry spokesperson
China has slammed India for according Ladakh the Union Territory staus and urged New Delhi and Islamabad to exercise restraint following cross-border shelling and India’s decision to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Asked to comment on reports that India had announced the establishment of “Ladakh central territory,” which covers territory of the western section of India’s border with China, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chuying said in Beijing: “China has always opposed the Indian side’s entry of the Chinese territory in the western section of the Sino-Indian border into the administrative jurisdiction of India.”
She stated: “This position is firm and consistent and has never changed. Recently, the Indian side has continued to damage China’s territorial sovereignty by unilaterally modifying the form of domestic law. This practice is unacceptable and will not have any effect.”
The foreign ministry urged India “to be cautious on the border issue, strictly abide by the relevant agreements reached between the two sides, and avoid taking actions that further complicate the border issue.”
On cross-border shelling by Indian and Pakistani forces as well as India’s decision to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Ms. Hua counselled the “parties concerned” to “exercise restraint and act with caution, especially to avoid actions that unilaterally change the status quo and exacerbate the tension”.
She said, “China is seriously concerned about the current situation in Kashmir.”
The foreign ministry stuck to its position that the Kashmir issue “is a legacy of history between India and Pakistan, which is also the consensus of the international community”.
Ms. Hua called upon “the two sides to peacefully resolve relevant disputes through dialogue and consultation and safeguard regional peace and stability”.
China calls UT status for Ladakh ‘unacceptable’, triggers India’s sharp response
Beijing’s strong response comes a day after the BJP-led Indian government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and bifurcated the state into two union territories of J&K and Ladakh.
INDIA Updated: Aug 06, 2019 19:49 IST
Sutirtho Patranobis
Sutirtho Patranobis
Hindustan Times, Beijing
Though Beijing hadn’t immediately responded to the decisions, it had been expected to do so soon enough. For one, because its close and strategic ally Pakistan is deeply invested in Kashmir. Besides, parts of the disputed Sino-India border in Aksai Chin lie in Ladakh.
Though Beijing hadn’t immediately responded to the decisions, it had been expected to do so soon enough. For one, because its close and strategic ally Pakistan is deeply invested in Kashmir. Besides, parts of the disputed Sino-India border in Aksai Chin lie in Ladakh.(Bloomberg)
China on Tuesday said India should avoid “unilateral actions” in Jammu and Kashmir that could spark tensions in the region even as it described New Delhi’s decision to reorganise Ladakh as a union territory as “unacceptable”.
In a swift response, India’s external affairs ministry rejected the Chinese criticism and said the proposal to form a new union territory of Ladkah was an “internal matter”. It also pointed out the two sides had agreed to maintain peace along their disputed border until a mutually acceptable solution is found to the issue.
Beijing’s strong response came a day after the government revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and proposed splitting the state into two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Watch: Ladakh MP gives passionate speech in LS on J&K bifurcation, PM Modi tweets
China hadn’t immediately responded to the move on Monday, though it was expected to do so for two reasons – its close ally Pakistan is deeply invested in Kashmir, and part of the disputed Sino-India boundary in Aksai Chin lies in Ladakh. The Chinese foreign ministry issued two separate statements in Mandarin on the issue on Tuesday.
“We urge India to be cautious in its words and deeds on the border issue, strictly abide by the relevant agreements reached between the two sides, and avoid taking actions that further complicate the border issue,” said a statement published on the foreign ministry’s website, referring to protracted negotiations between the two sides on the disputed border.
“China has always opposed India’s inclusion of Chinese territory in India’s administrative jurisdiction in the western part of the Sino-Indian border. This position is firm, consistent and has never changed,” the statement added in a reference to the area in Ladakh that New Delhi claims but is controlled by Beijing.
“In recent days, the Indian side has continued to undermine China’s territorial sovereignty by unilaterally amending its domestic laws. This practice is unacceptable and will not produce any effect,” the statement said.
In a separate statement on India revoking Kashmir’s special status and exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops on the Line of Control, the foreign ministry described the situation in the region as very tense.
The statement also referred to India despatching a large number of troops to the region and said: “China is seriously concerned about the current situation in Kashmir. China’s position on the Kashmir issue is clear and consistent. This issue is a legacy of history between India and Pakistan, which is also the consensus of the international community.”
It added, “The parties concerned should exercise restraint and act with caution, especially to avoid actions that unilaterally change the status quo and exacerbate the tension. We call on the two sides to peacefully resolve relevant disputes through dialogue and consultation and safeguard regional peace and stability.”
Responding to China’s criticism, external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the bill introduced in India’s Parliament for creating a new union territory of Ladakh was “an internal matter concerning the territory of India”.
“India does not comment on the internal affairs of other countries and similarly expects other countries to do likewise,” he said.
Kumar noted New Delhi and Beijing had agreed to find a “fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement” of the border dispute on the basis of “Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of India-China Boundary Question”. He added both sides had agreed to maintain peace and tranquillity in border areas till such a settlement is reached.
Hu Shisheng, a leading Chinese expert on India, said one reason behind New Delhi’s decision to divide Kashmir into two union territories was to separate two major disputes – one with Pakistan and another with China.
The director of the Institute of South and Southeast Asian and Oceania Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations said the move was aimed at separating “the two most ticklish disputes in the world from each other” and “to try to settle the Kashmir dispute unilaterally”.
Beijing has always opposed India’s inclusion of Chinese territory in the western section of the China-India border, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswomen Hua Chunying said in a statement Tuesday.
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New Delhi: China criticised India's decision to change the state of Jammu and Kashmir, accusing New Delhi of undermining its territorial sovereignty, particularly with reference to Ladakh — an area of strategic importance between Tibet and Pakistan.
Beijing has always opposed India’s inclusion of Chinese territory in the western section of the China-India border, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswomen Hua Chunying said in a statement Tuesday.
"The recent unilateral revision of domestic laws by the Indian side continues to undermine China's territorial sovereignty, which is unacceptable and will not have any effect," Hua was quoted by Bloomberg news as saying.
This comes just two years after the border standoff between India and China at the Doklam Plateau. Meanwhile, Pakistan has also launched a diplomatic protest, while its army has promised to go to "any extent" to oppose India's decision.
"We call on India and Pakistan to peacefully resolve relevant disputes through dialogue," she said, noting China had urged India to "avoid any move that further complicates the border issue," Hua added.
In response to a query on comments made by the Chinese official on the issue, the MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, "The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019, introduced by the Government in Parliament on August 5, which proposes the formation of a new 'Union Territory of Ladakh' is an internal matter concerning the territory of India. India does not comment on the internal affairs of other countries and similarly expects other countries to do likewise."
"So far, as the India-China Boundary Question is concerned, the two sides have agreed to a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement of the boundary question on the basis of the political parameters and guiding principles for the settlement of India-China boundary question. Pending such a settlement, both sides have agreed to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas on the basis of the relevant agreements," he added.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan, while addressing the country's Parliament, also reiterated China's stand. "China slams India's decision to scrap Article 370. The Chinese Foreign Ministry says India's move is unacceptable and has unilaterally modified its domestic laws in such a way as to continue to undermine China's territorial sovereignty," he said.
India claims north eastern part of the Ladakh region — called Askai Chin — is an integral part of the country. It is currently under Chinese occupation.
China hits out at India on Ladakh, urges India, Pak. to exercise restraint
Atul Aneja BEIJING, AUGUST 06, 2019 18:29 IST
UPDATED: AUGUST 06, 2019 20:48 IST
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. File
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. File | Photo Credit: AP
“China is seriously concerned about the current situation in Kashmir,” says foreign ministry spokesperson
China has slammed India for according Ladakh the Union Territory staus and urged New Delhi and Islamabad to exercise restraint following cross-border shelling and India’s decision to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Asked to comment on reports that India had announced the establishment of “Ladakh central territory,” which covers territory of the western section of India’s border with China, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chuying said in Beijing: “China has always opposed the Indian side’s entry of the Chinese territory in the western section of the Sino-Indian border into the administrative jurisdiction of India.”
She stated: “This position is firm and consistent and has never changed. Recently, the Indian side has continued to damage China’s territorial sovereignty by unilaterally modifying the form of domestic law. This practice is unacceptable and will not have any effect.”
The foreign ministry urged India “to be cautious on the border issue, strictly abide by the relevant agreements reached between the two sides, and avoid taking actions that further complicate the border issue.”
On cross-border shelling by Indian and Pakistani forces as well as India’s decision to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Ms. Hua counselled the “parties concerned” to “exercise restraint and act with caution, especially to avoid actions that unilaterally change the status quo and exacerbate the tension”.
She said, “China is seriously concerned about the current situation in Kashmir.”
The foreign ministry stuck to its position that the Kashmir issue “is a legacy of history between India and Pakistan, which is also the consensus of the international community”.
Ms. Hua called upon “the two sides to peacefully resolve relevant disputes through dialogue and consultation and safeguard regional peace and stability”.
China calls UT status for Ladakh ‘unacceptable’, triggers India’s sharp response
Beijing’s strong response comes a day after the BJP-led Indian government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and bifurcated the state into two union territories of J&K and Ladakh.
INDIA Updated: Aug 06, 2019 19:49 IST
Sutirtho Patranobis
Sutirtho Patranobis
Hindustan Times, Beijing
Though Beijing hadn’t immediately responded to the decisions, it had been expected to do so soon enough. For one, because its close and strategic ally Pakistan is deeply invested in Kashmir. Besides, parts of the disputed Sino-India border in Aksai Chin lie in Ladakh.
Though Beijing hadn’t immediately responded to the decisions, it had been expected to do so soon enough. For one, because its close and strategic ally Pakistan is deeply invested in Kashmir. Besides, parts of the disputed Sino-India border in Aksai Chin lie in Ladakh.(Bloomberg)
China on Tuesday said India should avoid “unilateral actions” in Jammu and Kashmir that could spark tensions in the region even as it described New Delhi’s decision to reorganise Ladakh as a union territory as “unacceptable”.
In a swift response, India’s external affairs ministry rejected the Chinese criticism and said the proposal to form a new union territory of Ladkah was an “internal matter”. It also pointed out the two sides had agreed to maintain peace along their disputed border until a mutually acceptable solution is found to the issue.
Beijing’s strong response came a day after the government revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and proposed splitting the state into two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Watch: Ladakh MP gives passionate speech in LS on J&K bifurcation, PM Modi tweets
China hadn’t immediately responded to the move on Monday, though it was expected to do so for two reasons – its close ally Pakistan is deeply invested in Kashmir, and part of the disputed Sino-India boundary in Aksai Chin lies in Ladakh. The Chinese foreign ministry issued two separate statements in Mandarin on the issue on Tuesday.
“We urge India to be cautious in its words and deeds on the border issue, strictly abide by the relevant agreements reached between the two sides, and avoid taking actions that further complicate the border issue,” said a statement published on the foreign ministry’s website, referring to protracted negotiations between the two sides on the disputed border.
“China has always opposed India’s inclusion of Chinese territory in India’s administrative jurisdiction in the western part of the Sino-Indian border. This position is firm, consistent and has never changed,” the statement added in a reference to the area in Ladakh that New Delhi claims but is controlled by Beijing.
“In recent days, the Indian side has continued to undermine China’s territorial sovereignty by unilaterally amending its domestic laws. This practice is unacceptable and will not produce any effect,” the statement said.
In a separate statement on India revoking Kashmir’s special status and exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops on the Line of Control, the foreign ministry described the situation in the region as very tense.
The statement also referred to India despatching a large number of troops to the region and said: “China is seriously concerned about the current situation in Kashmir. China’s position on the Kashmir issue is clear and consistent. This issue is a legacy of history between India and Pakistan, which is also the consensus of the international community.”
It added, “The parties concerned should exercise restraint and act with caution, especially to avoid actions that unilaterally change the status quo and exacerbate the tension. We call on the two sides to peacefully resolve relevant disputes through dialogue and consultation and safeguard regional peace and stability.”
Responding to China’s criticism, external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the bill introduced in India’s Parliament for creating a new union territory of Ladakh was “an internal matter concerning the territory of India”.
“India does not comment on the internal affairs of other countries and similarly expects other countries to do likewise,” he said.
Kumar noted New Delhi and Beijing had agreed to find a “fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement” of the border dispute on the basis of “Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of India-China Boundary Question”. He added both sides had agreed to maintain peace and tranquillity in border areas till such a settlement is reached.
Hu Shisheng, a leading Chinese expert on India, said one reason behind New Delhi’s decision to divide Kashmir into two union territories was to separate two major disputes – one with Pakistan and another with China.
The director of the Institute of South and Southeast Asian and Oceania Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations said the move was aimed at separating “the two most ticklish disputes in the world from each other” and “to try to settle the Kashmir dispute unilaterally”.
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