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China has termed India’s move to identify 27 places and features in Arunachal Pradesh by their standard names on the official Indian map as “illegal, null and void”.
“China does not recognise the so-called ‘Arunachal Pradesh’ illegally set up by India,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said while answering a question on India’s recent announcement.
“India’s move of attempting to replace names long been used by China with its so-called ‘standard names’ is illegal, null and void,” he said in a reply posted on the official website of the foreign ministry.
➡️ Government of India in consultation with Government of Arunachal Pradesh identified 27 places/features located in Arunachal Pradesh by standard place and feature names on the official maps of Survey of India
➡️ Identifying them formally on Survey of India map of Arunachal… pic.twitter.com/tph21EOYN1
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“Still less will it change the fact that Zangnan region belongs to China,” he said.
Earlier, India last week formally identified 27 places and features in the state by their standard names on the official Indian map. “Arunachal is an inalienable and integral part of India. This is a fact which is self-evident and nothing can change this reality,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in response to questions on China’s objection.
