MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi was responding to questions on the Pentagon report which says China built a “large 100-home civilian village inside disputed territory” between the Tibet Autonomous Region and Arunachal Pradesh.
Taking note of the Pentagon report on China’s “incremental and tactical actions to press its claims” at the LAC with India, the Indian government on Thursday said that Beijing has undertaken construction activities in the past several years along the border areas and India has not accepted “such illegal occupation” of Indian territory and the “unjustified Chinese claims”.
The Ministry of External Affairs’ official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi was responding to questions on the Pentagon Report at the weekly briefing, and said, “We have taken note of the US Department of Defence’ report to US Congress which inter-alia also makes a reference to construction activities by Chinese side along the India-China border areas particularly in the Eastern Sector”.
He said, “China has undertaken construction activities in the past several years along the border areas including in the areas that it has illegally occupied over the decades. India has neither accepted such illegal occupation of our territory nor has it accepted the unjustified Chinese claims.”