China raises objection to Amit Shah's Arunachal Pradesh visit to attend statehood day

China, which lay claims to Arunachal Pradesh as part of south Tibet, has expressed objections to Home Minister Amit Shah’s Arunachal visit to attend the statehood day on Thursday, saying it is "firmly opposed" to his trip as it breaches Beijing’s “territorial sovereignty and sabotaged political mutual trust”.

The Home Minister is in Arunachal Pradesh to be present at the 34th Statehood Day celebration and launch a number of projects pertaining to industry and road, official said.

China as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason objects to Indian leader’s visit to the northeastern state to highlight its claim over it.

"China's position on the eastern sector of the China-India boundary, or the southern part of China's Tibet region, is consistent and clear," China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told online media briefing here on Thursday while replying to a question.

"The Chinese government has never recognised the so-called 'Arunachal Pradesh' and is firmly opposed to the Indian politician's visit to the southern part of China's Tibet region as it violated China's territorial sovereignty, undermined stability of the border area, sabotaged political mutual trust, and violated relevant bilateral agreement," he said.

"The Chinese side urges the Indian side to stop taking any action that may further complicate the border issue and take concrete actions to uphold peace and tranquillity of the border area," he said.

The Indo-China border dispute covers 3,488 km long Line of Actual Control.

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