RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2757
TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019
ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF LAND BY CHINA AND PAKISTAN
2757. SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY:
Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan occupied Kashmir has been illegally occupied by self-governing administration of Pakistan;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether it is also a fact that China has also illegally acquired Indian territory from Pakistan occupied Kashmir under so called China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement of 1963;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the action taken/being taken by Government in this regard?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
[SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]
(a) to (e) Pakistan has been in illegal occupation of approximately 78,000 sq.kms of Indian territory in the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Under the so-called ‘Boundary Agreement’ signed between China and Pakistan on 2 March 1963, Pakistan
illegally ceded 5,180 sq.kms of India territory in Pakistan occupied Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh to China.
India’s consistent and principled position, as also enunciated in the 1994 Parliament resolution adopted unanimously, is that the entire Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are and shall be an integral part of India. We have consistently
called upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal and forcible occupation.
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