{"id":13484,"date":"2024-03-23T11:08:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T11:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=13484"},"modified":"2024-03-23T11:08:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T11:08:53","slug":"jaishankar-dismisses-chinas-claims-on-arunachal-pradesh-as-ludicrous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/jaishankar-dismisses-chinas-claims-on-arunachal-pradesh-as-ludicrous\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaishankar Dismisses China\u2019s Claims On Arunachal Pradesh As \u2018Ludicrous\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore, Mar 23: <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/mind-games-would-be-played-jaishankar-on-chinas-approach-towards-bilateral-ties\/\">External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar<\/a> on Saturday dismissed China\u2019s repeated claims on Arunachal Pradesh as \u201cludicrous\u201d and asserted that the frontier state was a \u201cnatural part of India\u201d.<br \/>\nIn probably his first public comments on China\u2019s frequent claims on Arunachal Pradesh and its opposition to Indian leaders visiting the state, Jaishankar said it was not a new issue.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is not a new issue. I mean China has laid claim, it has expanded its claim. The claims are ludicrous to begin with and remain ludicrous today,\u201d he said in response to a question on the Arunachal issue after delivering a lecture at the prestigious NUS Institute of South Asian Studies here.<br \/>\nHe emphasised that Arunachal Pradesh was a \u201cnatural part of India.\u201d \u201cSo, I think we\u2019ve been very clear, very consistent on this. And I think you know that is something which will be part of the boundary discussions which are taking place,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nJaishankar\u2019s comments came days after the <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/qatar-court-commutes-death-sentence-to-8-indian-nationals-mea\/\">Ministry of External Affairs<\/a> dismissed the Chinese defence ministry\u2019s assertions.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have noted the comments made by the Spokesperson of the Chinese Defence Ministry advancing absurd claims over the territory of the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh.<br \/>\n\u201cRepeating baseless arguments in this regard does not lend such claims any validity. Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India. Its people will continue to benefit from our development programmes and infrastructure projects,\u201d the MEA said in a statement.<br \/>\nEarlier, the Chinese foreign ministry had objected to Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh.<br \/>\n\u201cWe reject the comments made by the Chinese side regarding the visit of the Prime Minister to<a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/jk-raj-bhawan-celebrates-arunachal-pradesh-and-mizoram-statehood-day\/\"> Arunachal Pradesh<\/a>. Indian leaders visit Arunachal Pradesh from time to time, as they visit other States of India,\u201d the MEA said in a separate response last week.<br \/>\nObjecting to such visits or India\u2019s developmental projects does not stand to reason. Further, it will not change the reality that the State of Arunachal Pradesh was, is, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India. The Chinese side has been made aware of this consistent position on several occasions, the statement said<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13485\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13485\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-23-at-4.37.41-PM-300x160.png\" alt=\"Jaishankar Dismisses China\u2019s Claims On Arunachal Pradesh As \u2018Ludicrous\u2019\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaishankar Dismisses China\u2019s Claims On Arunachal Pradesh As \u2018Ludicrous\u2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore, Mar 23: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday dismissed China\u2019s repeated claims on Arunachal Pradesh as \u201cludicrous\u201d and asserted that the frontier state was a \u201cnatural part of India\u201d. In probably his first public comments on China\u2019s frequent claims on Arunachal Pradesh and its opposition to Indian leaders visiting the state, Jaishankar said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,22,89,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-header","category-international","category-national","category-political"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jaishankar Dismisses China\u2019s Claims On AP As \u2018Ludicrous\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"External 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