China slams the U.S. for interfering in Arunachal Pradesh border dispute with India
China slammed the United States for interfering in its border dispute with India, after Washington said it recognized the disputed Arunachal Pradesh as a part of Indian territory.
China slammed the United States for interfering in its border dispute with India, after Washington said it recognized the disputed Arunachal Pradesh as a part of Indian territory.
“China strongly deplores and firmly opposes this,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said Thursday at a news conference in Beijing. “The China-India boundary question is a matter between the two countries and has nothing to do with the U.S. side.”
The response comes after the U.S. on Wednesday rejected China’s “unilateral attempts” to advance its territorial claims, weighing in on a spat between New Delhi and Beijing after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a tunnel in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
It is the latest in an escalating dispute between neighboring India and China, which share a border more than 2,000 miles long.
China, which refers to the territory as Zangnan, claims Arunachal Pradesh is part of southern Tibet. India rejects those claims, stating Arunachal Pradesh has always been a part of India.
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