China has criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s opening of the Sela tunnel , which will allow the Indian military to quickly move troops to the Line of Actual Control, near the disputed border between the two countries.
Beijing lodged a diplomatic protest with New Delhi over developments in India’s northeastern Arunachal Pradesh region, an area China calls Cangnan and claims as its own.
“The Chinese government has never recognized the so-called Arunchal Pradesh created locally by India and we strongly oppose it.
The border issue between China and India has not yet been resolved. India has no right to arbitrarily develop the Cangnan territory in China.
Indian steps will only complicate the border issue. China is categorically dissatisfied with this and resolutely opposes the leader’s visit to the eastern section of the Sino-Indian border,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a briefing.
