Pakistan occupies 78,000 sq km of Indian territory, Indian parliament told

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Pakistan has been in illegal and forcible occupation of 78,000 square kilometers of Indian territory in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

Indian Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran said under the “Sino-Pakistan Boundary Agreement of 1963”, Pakistan had illegally ceded 5,180 sq km of Indian territory in AJK to China.

The Indian minister told the Indian parliament that there was no encroachment by foreign countries along the Indo-Bangladesh, Indo-China, Indo-Nepal, Indo-Bhutan and Indo-Myanmar borders.

“The government remains vigilant and is firm in its resolve to take necessary steps to effectively safeguard India’s security and territorial integrity,” he said.

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