Amid the ongoing confrontation between India and China across LAC in Ladakh, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) claimed on Tuesday that India never accepted the 1959 so-called Royal Line of Control (LAC) defined unilaterally, adding that the position has been consistent. and well known even to the Chinese.
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The MEA said that India urged China to “comply with” sincerely and faithfully “all” the agreements and understandings in their entirety and refrain from promoting an unsustainable unilateral interpretation of LAC. “
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India and China have been involved in commander talks since the clash in the Galwan Valley in June. On August 29-30, Indian and Chinese troops were embroiled in another skirmish as the Indian side sought to push back the Chinese incursion amid the confrontation on the border.
“As we have made clear before, the Indian side has always respected and abided by LAC. As the Defense Minister recently said in Parliament, it is the Chinese side that, with its attempts to transgress the LAC in various parts of the western sector It has tried to unilaterally alter the status quo, “he said.
In recent months, the Chinese side has repeatedly stated that the current situation in the border areas should be resolved in accordance with the agreements signed between the two countries. In the agreement reached between the foreign minister and his Chinese counterpart on September 10 as well, the Chinese side has reiterated its commitment to abide by all existing agreements, the MEA added.
The MEA added: “Therefore, we hope that the Chinese side will sincerely and faithfully comply with all agreements and understandings in their entirety and refrain from promoting an unsustainable unilateral interpretation of LAC.”
“Under its various bilateral agreements, including the 1993 Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility on Confidence Building Measures (CBM) in the Military Field, the 2005 Agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the solution of the border issue between India and China, both in India and China we have committed to the clarification and confirmation of LAC to reach a common understanding of the alignment of LAC ”, said the MEA.
The MEA further stated that “the two parties had engaged in an exercise to clarify and confirm the LAC until 2003, but this process could not continue as the Chinese side did not show the will to follow it.”
“Therefore, China’s insistence now that they are a single LAC is contrary to the solemn commitments made by China in these agreements,” the MEA said.
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