China proposes to alter the names of many sites in Arunachal Pradesh, but the Ministry of External Affairs firmly denied the idea on Tuesday, stating that giving the state new names would "not change the reality, that it will always be an integral and inalienable part of India."
"China has continuously tried to pointlessly modify the names of sites in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh." We strongly disagree with such attempts. Giving Arunachal Pradesh made-up titles won't affect the reality that it is, has been, and always will be a vital and unbreakable part of India, said Randhir Jaiswal, spokesman for the External Affairs Ministry, in a statement.
When questioned by the media about the Chinese attempt to change the names of sites in Arunachal Pradesh, the MEA official said, China has put up a list of 30 sites in Arunachal Pradesh to prove that it claims the Northeastern Indian state. India has been against China altering the names of locations in this way.
On March 30, an article by the state-run Global Times claimed that the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs issued out a fourth list of common geographical names in Zangnan, which is the term China uses for Arunachal Pradesh.
The ministry's website indicates that 30 more regularly used names of the places in the Zangnan area have been made public. This was reported by the Global Times.
The Chinese Civil Affairs Ministry announced the first list of the so- called authorized names of six sites in Zangnan in 2017, while the second list of 15 places was published in 2021 followed by another list with names for 11 places in 2023.
Article 13 of the enforcement measures stipulates that "place names in foreign languages that may harm China's territorial claims and sovereignty rights shall not be directly quoted or translated without authorization." These restrictions would be applied from May 1, 2024.
India has frequently rejected similar initiatives by China to rename sites in Arunachal Pradesh.
On Monday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that changing names won't have any influence as the Northeastern state is, was and will always remain India's share.
While attending a news conference in Gujarat, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stated, "If today I alter the name of your house, would it become mine? Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be a state of India. Changing names does not have an effect."
"Our army is deployed at the Line of Actual Control...," Jaishankar remarked.
Additionally, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju blasted that the bogus assertions made by China would not affect the ground facts.
"I strongly reject China's unlawfully 'standardized' regional names granted to 30 sites inside Arunachal Pradesh. China has been making these bogus assertions but that's not going to affect the bottom reality and the 'historical realities'," Rijiju said.
On March 28, highlighting that Arunachal Pradesh is an 'integral and inalienable part of India,' the Ministry of External Affairs claimed that China may repeat its 'baseless claims' as many times as they like but that would not affect the position.
In reaction to a remark during a weekly media conference, spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal replied, "Our position on the topic has been made very clear on Arunachal Pradesh, time and again. We have lately also made statements in this respect."
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