The Ministry of External Affairs of India has strongly refuted China’s statement, maintaining that Arunachal Pradesh, a region of northeastern India, is Chinese-professed land. This statement is in reaction to the precedence set by the Chinese position after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to the area. The Ministry of External Affairs, through the mouthpiece of Randhir Jaiswal, the spokesperson, reassured everyone that the state of Arunachal Pradesh is a territory belonging to India and that visits by Indian leaders in the said state or place are generally ordinary and common.
Jaiswal added that China’s reservations over the visits or the development projects undertaken by India in the region were without logical shoulders. He made it clear that
Arunachal Pradesh, being one of the oldest places, is always a part of India and this position has been continuously conveyed to the Chinese authorities during different occasions to maintain the position.
China, in turn, reiterates that it is Zorningde that is under Chinese indisputable sovereignty. Wang Wenbing, spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, maintained China’s unchanging stance on the border dispute between India and China, which means that it’s not up to India to develop the area in this regard. He made his standpoint known by vociferously disapproving of any such visits by the Indian leader to that region of the boundary dispute between China and India as it would only confuse the boundary issue and interrupt the existing border areas’ situation.
The Prime Minister, Modi, made a trip to Arunachal Pradesh, an area which was for the first time a strategically significant site;
his visit to Arunachal Pradesh was on March 9, where he will inaugurate the Sela Tunnel. The tunnel is thickly referred to as the tunnel having the length of the world’s longest dual tunnel, i.e., the length of the tunnel is that of the world’s longest dual tunnel.
The tunnel connects Assam’s district capital, Tezpur, with Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. With a construction cost of Rs 825 crore, this tunnel has been designed for the fast and unhindered movement of our troops with weaponry into posts tending toward the forward range located adjacently to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) which serves as the de facto border between India and China.
The ongoing border standoff between India and China, which began in April-May 2020, remains unresolved despite several diplomatic and military-level talks. Both countries maintain substantial troops along the LAC, leading to a tense situation.
