India has rejected the newly convened Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission, calling the body’s first meeting in Islamabad illegal theatrics with no legal standing. The Ministry of External Affairs stated there is no boundary between Pakistan and China and that any joint work touching Indian territories is completely unacceptable.
Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated that India has never recognised the 1963 China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement, maintaining that the pact—which includes the transfer of areas like the Shaksgam Valley and stretches of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor—is illegal and invalid. He emphasized that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh remain integral parts of India and that occupation cannot be legitimised by third-party commissions.
India urged Pakistan to vacate areas under illegal and forcible occupation, stressing that arrangements between Beijing and Islamabad cannot alter Indian sovereignty or the status of the occupied territories.