‘Bridge built by China in area under Chinese illegal occupation since 1960’

NEW DELHI: India on Friday said that a second bridge being constructed by China on Pangong lake is in an area that has been under illegal occupation of that country since 1960. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India has never accepted such illegal occupation of India’s territory. “We have seen reports of a bridge being constructed by China on Pangong Lake alongside its earlier bridge,” he said. “Both these bridges are in areas that have continued to be under the illegal occupation of China since the 1960s,” Bagchi said. He was replying to media queries on the matter.