China illegally occupies 38,000 square Kilometre of India’s territory: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Rajya Sabha on Thursday that China continues to illegally occupy approximately 38,000 square kilometre of India’s territory in Ladakh.

“China continues to illegally occupy approx 38,000 sq km in the Union Territory of Ladakh. In addition, under the so-called Sino-Pakistan 'Boundary Agreement' of 1963, Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 sq km of Indian territory in PoK to China,” Singh said on the floor of the Upper House.

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Singh added, "China also claims approximately 90,000 sq km of Indian territory in the eastern sector of the India-China boundary in Arunachal Pradesh."

The Defence Minister was making a statement in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday on the border row with China in eastern Ladakh, two days after he told Lok Sabha that China has been conveyed that any attempt to "unilaterally" change the status quo along the LAC is not at all acceptable.

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