India rejects China-Pakistan joint assertion on Jammu and Kashmir, calls references ‘unwarranted’ | India Information
2 min learnNew DelhiCould 27, 2026 12:46 AM IST
India strongly rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir in a joint assertion issued by China and Pakistan on Tuesday, and referred to as them “unwarranted references,” including that the Union Territory and Ladakh “have been, are and can” stay an integral a part of the nation.
Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in a press release, stated that India’s place on Jammu and Kashmir stays “constant and well-known” to the involved events and that no different nation has locus standi to touch upon it.
“India categorically rejects unwarranted references to the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir within the Joint Assertion between China and Pakistan. The Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are and can at all times stay integral and inalienable components of India,” Jaiswal stated whereas responding to media queries on the problem.
Our response to media queries relating to unwarranted references to Indian Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir within the Joint Assertion between China and Pakistan ⬇️
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— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) Could 26, 2026
The joint assertion by China and Pakistan was issued throughout Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s latest go to to China, the place Beijing and Islamabad referred to as the Kashmir difficulty as “left over from historical past”.
The Exterior Affairs Ministry additionally criticised the mentioning of initiatives below the China-Pakistan Financial Hall (CPEC) and stated that New Delhi “oppose and reject” Islamabad’s “unlawful and forcible occupation of India’s sovereign territory.”
“As regards the so-called China-Pakistan Financial Hall (CPEC) initiatives, a few of that are in India’s sovereign territory, we resolutely oppose and reject any strikes by different international locations to bolster or legitimise Pakistan’s unlawful and forcible occupation of those territories, impinging on India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the MEA spokesperson stated.
Explaining that New Delhi has by no means recognised the 1963 boundary settlement between Pakistan and China, Jaiswal stated, “We’ve got additionally seen references to the so-called ‘trans-boundary water assets cooperation’ between China and Pakistan. As the 2 international locations don’t share any boundary, the query of so-called ‘trans-boundary water assets cooperation’ doesn’t come up.”
