America recognizes Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India: White House

Washington. The US has said that it recognizes Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India and strongly opposes any unilateral attempt to rename local areas as part of territorial claims. The US response came at a time when China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs on Sunday issued standardized names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh. China claims this area as part of southern Tibet. White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday, “The US has been recognizing that region (Arunachal Pradesh) for a long time (as an integral part of India). We strongly oppose any unilateral attempt to advance territorial claims by renaming areas.

Amid renaming of some places in Arunachal Pradesh by China, India on Tuesday asserted that the state is an integral and inalienable part of India and naming “fabricated” names will not change this reality. Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said, “We have seen such reports. This is not the first time that China has made such an attempt. We reject it outright.” Significantly, recently China has released the third list of names for Arunachal Pradesh in “Chinese, Tibetan and Pinyin” characters. This is the third list of standardized geographical names for Arunachal Pradesh released by China. The first list of standardized names of six places in Arunachal was released in 2017 and the second list of 15 places in 2021. The renaming of some places in Arunachal Pradesh by China comes at a time when the standoff between the two countries that started in May 2020 in eastern Ladakh is yet to end.

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