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India rejects Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission as having no legal basis

1 update, 17 September 2026.

  1. 17 September 2026:

    India rejects Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission as having no legal basis

    India on 16 September 2026 rejected the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission, calling it a body without any legal basis, after Pakistan and China held the Commission's first meeting in Islamabad. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said there is no boundary between Pakistan and China to demarcate, since the territory concerned is Indian territory under illegal occupation. He said any so called boundary cooperation between China and Pakistan concerning Indian territory would be completely unacceptable and would have no bearing on India's sovereignty over it.