India Rejects Pakistan-China Boundary Commission — SkimNews
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- India rejected the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission on September 16, 2026, calling it 'without any legal basis' to decide on arrangements related to Indian territory under illegal occupation.
- The rejection followed the commission's first meeting in Islamabad, which India said it does not recognize.
- Spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said India has never recognized the 1963 China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement and considers it 'illegal and invalid.'
- India has consistently maintained Pakistan's 1963 handover of the Shaksgam Valley to China was illegal and unacceptable.
- India also opposes the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor because part of it passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- Jaiswal declared Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh 'integral and inalienable parts of India' and called on Pakistan to vacate illegally occupied areas.
Why it matters: India's outright rejection of the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission reaffirms its non-recognition of the 1963 China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement and its claim over Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. New Delhi's dismissal of the commission's first Islamabad meeting leaves no diplomatic room for bilateral arrangements touching on Indian-claimed territory.
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