3. India registers strong protest
India registers strong protest against China for illegal construction activities in ‘Shaksgam Valley’ of Karakoram
- India has lodged a strong protest with China against their illegal attempts to change facts regarding construction activities in the ‘Shaksgam Valley or Trans Karakoram Tract’ near Siachen Glacier.
- Briefing the media in New Delhi, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “India considers the Shaksgam Valley as its territory and has never accepted the so-called ChinaPakistan Boundary Agreement of 1963, through which Pakistan attempted to illegally cede the region to “China.”
- Border violations and unauthorized
entries have been well recorded in
all three sectors of the 3,488-km
border that India officially shares
with China.
Shaksgam Valley - The Shaksgam Valley, or Trans Karakoram Tract, is part of the Hunza-Gilgit region of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK) and is a disputed territory claimed by India.
- It is bordered by Xinjiang province of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to the north, the northern areas of PoK to the south and west, and the Siachen Glacier region to the east. Pakistan handed it over to China in 1963.
04 May 2024
