Shaksgam Valley is ours, India has become strict on China's road construction

On Chinese activities near Siachen, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a press conference on Thursday that we consider Shaksgam Valley as our territory. We have never accepted the so-called China-Pakistan border agreement of 1963, through which Pakistan tried to illegally hand over this area to China.

China is illegally building a road in the Shaksgam Valley of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) near the Siachen Glacier. This has been revealed recently in satellite images. The Government of India has expressed strong objection to the construction of a road by China in Shaksgam Valley. On Chinese activities near Siachen, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a press conference on Thursday that we consider Shaksgam Valley as our territory. We have never accepted the so-called China-Pakistan border agreement of 1963, through which Pakistan tried to illegally hand over this area to China.

He said that I have continuously expressed my disapproval towards it. We have registered our protest with the Chinese side against illegal attempts to change facts on the ground. We reserve the right to take necessary measures to protect our interests.

Let us tell you that Shaksgam Valley was handed over by Pakistan to China in 1963. This is part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. It originates from an extension of Highway G219 in Xinjiang, China, and at one point disappears into the mountains.

China is building roads

Recent satellite images taken by the European Space Agency show that the original route of the road was constructed between June and August last year. The Chinese road passes through the Aghil Pass, which served as India's border with Tibet before 1947.

It is noteworthy that this road is located in the Trans-Karakoram Tract and this area is historically a part of Kashmir. India has been continuously claiming this. The Government of India has abrogated Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. After that, the central government's official map was released. In it, this area has been shown as Indian territory.

India rejected China's claim

This route extends to approximately 5,300 square kilometers. Pakistan had captured this route in the 1947 war and handed it over to China in 1963, which has not been recognized by India.

Indian defense experts say that any change in the status quo in this part of occupied Kashmir is not only a violation of India's sovereignty and territorial integrity but is also not right from a security point of view. More such infrastructure projects could threaten the existing security scenario in this mountainous region. Now the Indian government has also expressed strong objection to this activity of China.

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