India Raises Concerns with China over Infrastructure Development in Shaksgam Valley

India protests China's construction activities in the Shaksgam Valley, an area it claims as part of its territory. The valley lies in PoK, an illegally ceded area by Pakistan to China. India rejects China's boundary agreement with Pakistan and vows to safeguard its interests.

India has lodged a strong protest with China for carrying out construction activities in the Shaksgam valley, in an ''illegal'' attempt to alter the situation on the ground.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday that the Shaksgam valley is a part of India and New Delhi never accepted the so-called China-Pakistan boundary pact of 1963 through which Islamabad ''unlawfully'' attempted to cede the area to Beijing.

''We have consistently conveyed our rejection of the same. We have registered our protest with the Chinese side against illegal attempts to alter facts on the ground,'' Jaiswal said at his weekly media briefing.

''We further reserve the right to take necessary measures to safeguard our interests,'' he said.

The Shaksgam valley is a strategically key region that is part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).