World News | China announces 11 place names in Arunachal Pradesh

Beijing [China]April 4 (ANI): In the latest attempt to lay claim to Indian territory, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs has standardized the names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh as “Southern Tibet in southern Tibet”.

According to the Global Times, the Chinese cabinet has used Chinese characters, Tibetan and pinyin to name 11 place names in Arunachal Pradesh according to the place name regulations issued by the State Council.

Read also | BREAKING: Signs of deaths and injuries in Dutch train accident – latest tweet from The Spectator Index.

The ministry released the names of 11 locations on Sunday, giving precise coordinates, including two residential areas, five mountain peaks, two rivers and two other areas. According to news reports, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs also listed the categories of place names and the administrative divisions they belong to.

According to the Global Times, this is the third batch of place names announced by the ministry in Arunachal Pradesh. It is understood that in 2017 the first batch of 6 place names were released, and in 2021 the second batch of 15 place names was released.

Read also | The World Bank says Pakistan is underinvesting in human capital.

Earlier, in December last year, the Indian government said it had seen reports of China’s attempt to rename parts of Arunachal Pradesh “in its own language” and claimed that the border state has been and will always be an unsustainable state for India. part of the division. “

Responding to media reports that China had renamed some places in Arunachal Pradesh in its own language, foreign ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said China had also sought to assign those names in April 2017.

“We have seen reports of this. This is not the first time China has attempted such a renaming of places in Arunachal Pradesh. China had also attempted to assign such a name in April 2017,” Bachi said.

Arunachal Pradesh has always been and will always be an integral part of India. Assigning fictitious names to places in Arunachal Pradesh does not change that fact,” he added. (ANI)

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from a Syndicated News feed, the content body may not have been modified or edited by LatestLY staff)