Updated on: Sep 16, 2026, 20:35:14 IST By Rezaul H Laskar Prefer HTon Google Share via Copy link India on Wednesday rejected a boundary joint commission created by China and Pakistan, saying the body has no legal basis and that Islamabad cannot finalise arrangements concerning Indian territory under its illegal occupation.
India has “never recognised the so-called ‘China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement' of 1963” and has consistently maintained that it is “illegal and invalid”, said MEA.
The external affairs ministry outlined India’s position hours after the so-called “Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission” held its first meeting in Islamabad to discuss enhanced cooperation in border management, joint border surveys and trade.
India has also accused Pakistan of illegally ceding territories such as Aksai Chin and Shaksgam Valley to China.
New Delhi has also opposed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, as part of it passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
There is no boundary between Pakistan and China.
We reject the so-called Joint Commission, which is without any legal basis.” The entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh “have been, are and will always remain integral and inalienable parts of India”, he said.
“Pakistan has no locus standi to enter into arrangements concerning Indian territory under its illegal and forcible occupation,” he added.
India has “never recognised the so-called ‘China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement' of 1963” and has consistently maintained that it is “illegal and invalid”, Jaiswal said, referring to the understanding whereby Pakistan ceded parts of Jammu and Kashmir to China.
Any “so-called boundary cooperation between China and Pakistan concerning Indian territories” will be completely unacceptable and have “no bearing whatsoever on India's sovereignty over these territories”, he pointed out.
Jaiswal’s comments followed social media posts by Pakistan’s foreign ministry that described the meeting of the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission as a “significant milestone” for bilateral relations.
It said the two sides had operationalised the Joint Commission for “enhanced cooperation in border management, joint border surveys, trade flows and people to people connectivity”.
The inaugural meeting of the commission, held at the foreign ministry in Islamabad, was co-led by Li Ya, deputy director general of the department of boundary and ocean affairs in China’s foreign ministry, and Bilal Mahmood Chaudhary, director general (China) in Pakistan’s foreign ministry.
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