‘Arunachal Pradesh part of India’: US amid rising India-China tensions | India News

NEW DELHI: The US authorities recognises Arunachal Pradesh as part of India territory and “strongly” opposes any “incursion or encroachments” alongside the Line of Precise Management, the US State Division stated on Wednesday. It comes days after the Chinese language army referred to as Arunachal Pradesh an “inherent a part of China’s territory”.
“The US acknowledges Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory and we strongly oppose any unilateral makes an attempt to advance territorial claims by incursion or encroachments, army or civilian throughout the Line of Precise Management,” it stated.

Chinese language protection ministry spokesman senior colonel Zhang Xiaogang had stated the southern a part of Xizang (the Chinese language identify for Tibet) is an inherent a part of China’s territory, and Beijing “by no means acknowledges and firmly opposes” the “so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally established by India,” in response to official media.
The remarks got here in response to India’s transfer to strengthen its army via the strategic Sela Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh.
China ceaselessly opposes to Indian leaders visiting the territory to advertise its claims. Beijing too has dubbed the area Zangnan.
Being attentive to the “absurd claims” of China’s defence minister, the ministry of exterior affairs stated on Tuesday that Arunachal Pradesh “was, is and can at all times be” an integral and inalienable a part of India.