Overview
- Pakistan and China held the inaugural meeting in Islamabad to operationalise the Pakistan–China Boundary Joint Commission, signing minutes that set a framework for future cooperation on border issues.
- India’s Ministry of External Affairs publicly rejected the commission as without legal basis, with spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal saying there is no boundary between Pakistan and China in areas India claims and calling on Pakistan to vacate occupied territory.
- Islamabad and Beijing said the commission will coordinate border management, joint surveys, trade flows and people-to-people connectivity, and Islamabad described the move as a milestone in Pakistan–China ties.
- The commission traces to a 2013 China–Pakistan Agreement on the Boundary Management System and is tied to connectivity projects such as the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor and the Khunjerab land link that run through territory New Delhi contests.
- The activation sharpens a diplomatic dispute between New Delhi and the China–Pakistan partnership, with potential effects on cross‑border trade, local border administration and broader regional diplomacy that observers will watch next.