RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1604
TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2011

. SHRIMATI MAYA SINGH:
SHRI BRIJLAL KHABRI:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that an official website of China has shown Arunachal Pradesh and few areas of Jammu and Kashmir and Aksai Chin as its own part;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether a different picture has been shown with regard to the line of control between India and Pakistan in the map uploaded under the name “Map World” on the same website; and
(d) if so, the action taken by Indian against this misleading publicity by China?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI E. AHAMED)
(a) & (b) China disputes the international boundary between India and China in the Eastern Sector and claims approximately 90,000 square kilometers of Indian territory in the State of Arunachal Pradesh. Indian territory under the occupation of China in Jammu & Kashmir is approximately 38,000 sq.kms. In addition, under the so-called China-Pakistan “Boundary Agreement” signed between China and Pakistan on 2 March 1963, Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 sq. kms. of Indian territory in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to China.

(c) & (d) China regards the issue of Jammu and Kashmir as a dispute that should be settled properly through dialogue between India and Pakistan. Government has taken up the matter with the Chinese side and has conveyed Government’s clear and consistent position that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India.
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