NEW DELHI: India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar dismissed China’s claims on contested territory as “absurd”, saying on Tuesday the areas belonged to India.
The Times of India newspaper reported on Tuesday that China has released its “official standard map”, including the state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin plateau, a Chinese- administered area claimed by India, as its official territory.
“Making absurd claims on India’s territory does not make it China’s territory,” Jaishankar told news channel NDTV.
Earlier, Indian dismissed the recent claim made by China saying the China-India talks on the margins of the 15th BRICS Summit happened at the latter’s request.
A statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry stated, “President Xi Jinping talked with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit at the latter’s request on August 23, 2023”.
