“We have noticed that China has persisted with its vain and preposterous attempts to name places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Consistent with our principled position, we reject such attempts categorically. Creative naming will not alter the undeniable reality that Arunachal Pradesh was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India,” the MEA said in a statement.
MEA says, “We have noticed that China has persisted with its vain and preposterous attempts to name places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Consistent with our principled position, we reject such attempts categorically. Creative naming will not alter the undeniable… pic.twitter.com/Jb8qIjidTN— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2025
Also, the X account of Chinese publication Global Times was withheld in India after the MEA strongly objected to Beijing’s ‘vain and preposterous’ attempts to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh.
The People’s Republic of China has repeatedly issued maps that rename several places in Arunachal Pradesh.
China had released a list assigning 30 additional names to places in the region in 2024.
