India to Pakistan, China, Your Boundary Commission has a Boundary Problem

India has rejected the so called pakistan, China Boundary Joint Commission, saying the body has no legal basis to make arrangements concerning territories that New Delhi considers to be under illegal occupation. The response came after the first meeting of the Pakistan, China Boundary Joint Commission in Islamabad, adding a fresh diplomatic layer to the long running territorial dispute involving India, Pakistan and China. India has consistently maintained that Pakistan transfer of territory, including the Shaksgam Valley, to China under the 1963 China, Pakistan Boundary Agreement was illegal and unacceptable. New Delhi has also opposed the China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) because part of the project passes through areas of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) claimed by India. Our position on this matter is clear and consistent. There is no boundary between Pakistan and China. We reject the so called Joint Commission, which is without any legal basis, Ministry of External Affairs spoke person Randhir Jaiswal said. Jaiswal reiterated India position that the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are and will always remain integral and inalienable parts of India. He added that India has never recognised the so called China Pakistan Boundary Agreement of 1963, maintaining that the agreement is illegal and invalid. New Delhi also said it would oppose any attempt by Pakistan and China to alter the status of territories that India claims or to give legitimacy to what it describes as illegal occupation. Any so called boundary cooperation between China and Pakistan concerning Indian territories would be completely unacceptable, Jaiswal said, adding that such arrangements would have no bearing on India sovereignty over the territories. The dispute underscores the sharply different positions held by the three countries over territory, sovereignty and the legal status of past boundary arrangements. For India, the Pakistan, China commission cannot alter its stated territorial claims; Pakistan and China, meanwhile, continue to maintain their own positions regarding their bilateral boundary arrangements.