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Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, July 10: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has reaffirmed the state’s historical and cultural ties with Tibet, stating unequivocally that the north-eastern Indian state shares its border with Tibet, not with China. In an interview with the Press Trust of India (PTI), Khandu strongly refuted Beijing’s territorial claims and emphasized that Arunachal’s relationship lies with Tibet, a nation that was forcibly occupied by China in the 1950s.
The Chief Minister asserted that Arunachal Pradesh shares roughly 1,200 km of its border with Tibet, about 100 km with Bhutan, and 550 km with Myanmar. “Our border is with Tibet, not China,” Khandu emphasized. “Before the Chinese occupation of Tibet in the 1950s, the people of Arunachal Pradesh had spiritual, cultural, and trade relations with the Ti...
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