“Will not alter reality”: India rejects China’s ‘fictitious’ renaming of places in Arunachal Pradesh

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, April 13: India on Sunday categorically rejected China’s latest attempt to assign “fictitious” names to several locations in Arunachal Pradesh, calling the move “mischievous” and lacking any legitimacy. New Delhi asserted that such actions do not change the reality on the ground and cautioned that they undermine ongoing efforts to stabilise bilateral ties. The latest move marks the sixth such renaming exercise undertaken by Beijing since 2017.

Responding to media queries, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, said that China’s attempts to assign new names were aimed at manufacturing baseless narr...

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