New Delhi: India on Tuesday categorically rejected China”s “so-called unilaterally defined” Line of Actual Control(LAC) of 1959, and asked the neighbouring country to refrain from advancing an “untenable” interpretation of the de-facto border.
The Indian government also reminded China that its insistence there is only “one LAC” is contrary to the solemn commitments made by Beijing in previous bilateral agreements, and expected it will “sincerely” abide by them in their entirety.
The assertion by the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) came in response to comments by a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson that China continues to follow its 1959 stand on the perception of the LAC.
The sharp exchange of words between the two countries on the perception of the LAC came in the midst of their nearly five-month-long tense border standoff in eastern Ladakh with both sides…