Arunachal Pradesh (AP) was, is and will always be a part of India: External Affairs Minister

Posted 03 Apr 2024

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The response came after China renamed 30 places in AP which it calls ‘South Tibet’.

India-China Border Disputes
- Line of Actual Control (LAC) is the dividing line between the two nations.
  - However, border between India and China is not formally demarcated and there is no mutually agreed LAC.
  - India considers the LAC to be 3,488 km long, while the Chinese consider it to be only around 2,000 km.

LAC is divided into three sectors:
- Western Sector (Ladakh): India considers the Johnson Line (of 1865) as the border whereas China claims the McDonald Line (of 1899) as the true border.
- Middle sector (Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand): Largely undisputed area.
- Eastern Sector (Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim): China claims the state of Arunachal Pradesh as part of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR).
  - LAC in this region is along the McMahon line drawn during the Simla Convention of 1914 (between British India, China, and Tibet).
    - In 1949 when Communists took power in China, they pulled out of various international agreements claiming them to be unequal.

Key dispute resolution Initiatives include
- 1993 Agreement on Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility along the LAC.
- 1996 Agreement on Confidence-Building Measures in the Military Field Along the LAC
- 2013 Border Defense Cooperation Agreement.

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