Army Chief: 1963 Pak-China Shaksgam Valley Pact 'Illegal', India Rejects CPEC 2.0

• Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi reiterated India's stance, calling the 1963 Pakistan-China agreement on Shaksgam Valley illegal.
• India does not approve of any activity in the Shaksgam Valley and rejects the joint statement by China and Pakistan on CPEC 2.0.
• China defended its infrastructure projects in the valley, claiming it as its territory based on the 1963 boundary agreement.
• MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal previously stated that Shaksgam Valley is Indian territory and the 1963 agreement is invalid.
• Shaksgam Valley, north of Karakoram, is administered by China but India claims it as part of Jammu & Kashmir (now Ladakh) since 1947.

Why It Matters: India firmly rejects the 1963 Pak-China Shaksgam Valley agreement and CPEC 2.0, asserting its territorial claims.