'Absurd, baseless': India rejects China's claims on Arunachal Pradesh
PTC News Desk: India on Tuesday rejected China's "absurd claims" and "baseless arguments" regarding Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the northeastern state is an "integral and inalienable part of India."
In an official statement, the Ministry of External Affairs stated that Arunachal Pradesh's people will "continue to benefit" from India's development programmes and infrastructure projects.
The official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We have noted the comments made by the Spokesperson of the Chinese Defence Ministry advancing absurd claims over the territory of the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh. Repeating baseless arguments in this regard does not lend such claims any validity."
"Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India. Its people will continue to benefit from our development programmes and infrastructure projects."
The Chinese defence ministry just lately reiterated its claim to Arunachal Pradesh, referring to the Indian state as "Zangan- an inherent part of China's territory".
"Zangnan is China's inherent territory, and China never recognizes and firmly opposes India's illegal establishment of the so-called 'Arunachal Pradesh'," China had said.
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