"We want to say that Arunachal is an integral and inalienable part of India and this is a fact that is self-evident. No amount of denial by the Chinese side is going to change this indisputable reality," MEA spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said on Wednesday.
Jaiswal further said both sides have worked closely to maintain peace and tranquility in the border regions since October 2024, on the basis of which progress focused on people-centric engagements has been made.
China on Tuesday rejected allegations that an Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh was harassed during a layover at Shanghai airport, even as its Foreign Ministry used the incident to again assert Beijing’s claim over the state, which it calls Zangnan.
Pema Wangjom Thongdok, a UK-based Indian citizen travelling from London to Japan on November 21, said her three-hour transit turned into an 18-hour ordeal after Chinese immigration officials declared her passport “invalid” solely because it listed Arunachal Pradesh as her birthplace.
China reiterated its territorial claim, saying, “Zangnan is China’s territory. China never acknowledged the so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally set up by India."
Reacting to the Chinese statement following the episode, Pema, speaking to India Today TV, pointed out that China’s claim that Arunachal Pradesh was
.... "illegally set up by India" only confirms that her detention and the hostile treatment she faced were driven by malice and validated by that statement.
Addressing a press briefing in New Delhi, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India had issued a "strong demarche" and raised the issue with the Chinese side both in Delhi and Beijing.
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