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State of border affairs with China will reflect on larger bilateral ties: India
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, also asserted that Arunachal Pradesh is an “inalienable and integral” part of India and nothing can change this “indisputable reality.”
The latest discussions come as India and China seek to rebuild ties following the severe strain caused by the 2020 Galwan Valley clashes and the military face-off that continued for more than four years. (File photo)
Rejecting China’s criticism of New Delhi identifying 27 places and features in Arunachal Pradesh by their standard names, India on Tuesday said that the state of border affairs with China will reflect on the state of the “larger bilateral ties” and underlined that maintenance of peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is of “utmost importance”.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, also asserted that Arunachal Pradesh is an “inalienable and integral” part of India and nothing can change this “indisputable reality.”
“In matters relating to the border areas between India and China, we have always emphasised in discussions with the Chinese side that we consider these issues as most serious,” Jaiswal said. “The maintenance of peace and tranquility in these areas is of the utmost importance. We have also stated that the state of the border affairs will reflect on the state of our larger bilateral ties,” he said.
Jaiswal said that this was reiterated last week at the meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China border affairs (WMCC). “At this meeting, the two sides engaged in frank discussions and reviewed the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC),” he said.
Bi-Weekly Media Briefing by the Official Spokesperson (August 11, 2026)
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The Indian side again underlined that maintaining peace and tranquility in the border areas is essential for the overall development of bilateral relations, Jaiswal said.
“It was agreed to continue to use existing diplomatic and military channels, including the WMCC, local commander-level meetings and other agreed mechanisms, to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the LAC,” he said.
With China repeatedly renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh, India last week formally identified 27 places and features in the state by their standard names on the official Indian map. “Identifying them formally on the Survey of India map of Arunachal Pradesh is aimed at facilitating their accurate recognition and better awareness among the public at large,” an official statement had said.
China’s act of renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh has always been categorically rejected by India which has consistently termed such moves “vain and preposterous” while asserting that these will not alter the “undeniable” reality that the state “was, is, and will” always remain an integral part of India. The 27 locations formally marked on the official map of India include Long Ju, located along the LAC, which was one of the earliest flashpoints between India and China in 1959.
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