India rejects Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission ‘which is without any legal basis’
India on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) rejected the "so-called" boundary joint commission set up by Pakistan and China, saying that the body has no legal basis to decide on arrangements related to Indian territory under illegal occupation.
New Delhi's reaction came following the first meeting of the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission in Islamabad.
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India has been consistently maintaining that Pakistan's handing over of certain territories such as Shaksgam Valley to China in 1963 was illegal and unacceptable.
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