Claims Sovereignty Exercise, Calls for Objective Interpretation
“The release of the 2023 edition of the standard map of China is the country’s normal exercise of sovereignty in accordance with the law,” the Chinese international ministry mentioned on Wednesday. “It’s hoped that relevant parties will treat it objectively and not over-interpret it,” it added. On Tuesday, India vehemently criticised China’s declaration of territorial claims over the Aksai Chin area and Arunachal Pradesh by way of the usage of what it describes to as a “standard map.” Such actions, in response to the Ministry of External Affairs, “only complicate the resolution of the boundary question.”
MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi’s Response
They have been likewise disregarded as having “no basis” by the assertion. “We have today lodged a strong protest through diplomatic channels with the Chinese side on the so called 2023 ‘standard map’ of China that lays claim to India’s territory,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned. India’s response adopted China’s official publishing of its “standard map” for 2023, which claimed Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as a part of China. Additionally included on the’map’ have been Taiwan and the contentious South China Sea. Even China’s so-called “standard map” was rejected by the Minister of External Affairs (MEA), S. Jaishankar, who added that simply making “absurd claims” doesn’t offer you possession of another person’s territory.
China’s History of Territorial Claims in Maps
“China has even in the past put out maps which claimed territories which are not China’s, which belong to other countries. This is an old habit of theirs,” Jaishankar mentioned whereas chatting with NDTV. “It is not something which is new. It started in the 1950s. So just by putting out a map claiming territories, some of which are part of India.. I think this doesn’t change (anything). These are very much part of India,” he added.
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