•China said it “strongly deplores” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh and raised concerns with India.
•On March 9, 2024, Mr. Modi inaugurated a number of development projects, including the Sela Tunnel, an-all weather strategic link for Tawang and Kameng districts, near the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
•Built at a height of 13,000 feet, the 1.5-km Sela Tunnel is expected to aid development in border villages and allow for quicker military troops and hardware deployment at the boundary with China,.
•China calls Arunachal Pradesh, “Zangnan”, as a Chinese territory.
•India, which has full control of the State, has always asserted the whole of Arunachal Pradesh as India’s sovereign territory. “
•Since the stand-off began in 2020, India and China have held 21 rounds of senior military commander talks on the LAC, and several rounds of of multi-ministerial Working Mechanism on Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs, and negotiated a détente on five of seven friction points along boundary in Ladakh.