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The Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission

The Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission:

India unequivocally rejected the operationalisation of the so-called Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission following its inaugural meeting in Islamabad, stating that the bilateral mechanism lacks any legal basis.A bilateral institutional mechanism operationalised between Pakistan and China to oversee border affairs, frontier management, and cross-border facilitation along the geographical alignment separating Xinjiang and Pakistan-administered Kashmir (specifically Gilgit-Baltistan and the ceded Trans-Karakoram Tract).Co-chaired by senior diplomatic officials—Li Ya (Deputy Director General, Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, Chinese MFA) and Bilal Mahmood Chaudhary (Director General for China, Pakistan MFA).