China on Thursday said its new land border protection law will not harm the implementation of existing boundary treaties with other countri...
China on Thursday said its new land border protection law will not harm the implementation of existing boundary treaties with other countries, including India, PTI reported.
“Such unilateral move will have no bearing on the arrangements that both sides have already reached earlier, whether it is on the boundary question or for maintaining peace and tranquillity along the LAC in India-China border areas,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press briefing on Thursday.
The new law, which was adopted on October 25, came amid China’s ongoing standoff with India along the Line of Actual Control. The law will now govern how Beijing guards its 22,000-km long land border that it shares with 14 countries, including India, Russia, North Korea, Mongolia and Bhutan.
On Wednesday, India criticised China’s new law, saying that it can have implications on existing bilateral agreements.
Wang on Thursday said that the law passed by China on guarding boundaries is normal and that it serves China’s “realistic needs”, PTI reported. “This law has clear stipulations on China’s cooperation with its neighbouring countries and the handling of the land border issues,” he said.
He added that China had 14 land neighbours and the new law is meant to strengthen border management and advance cooperation with the...
