Claiming sovereignty in a wildlife reserve in eastern Bhutan, China, July 22, 17:19
It turned out that China claimed territorial rights to a wildlife reserve in the east against Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom whose borders with China are not demarcated. The claim of sovereignty over this region is officially seen as the first time, and it seems that the vigilance of neighboring countries will become stronger.
According to the minutes of the Global Environment Facility, an international organization that supports environmental measures in developing countries, a representative from the Chinese side at the last month's meeting said, “At the border discussion with China,” It's a controversial zone on the agenda."
In response, the representative from the Bhutan side argued that the protected area is an indivisible territory and has never been on the agenda.
According to the Bhutanese government, this reserve is a 650 square kilometer nature-rich area that has been in operation since 2003 and is open to tourists.
The two countries have no demarcated borders, and have talked 24 times since 1984, but according to several experts, the target was only in the disputed zones in the west and the central part, and the east part was not covered. Thus, China's claim of sovereignty over the region is officially considered the first time.
Three years ago, as China proceeded to build a road in a disputed zone in western Bhutan, India, which had an influence on Bhutan, deployed a military force, and China and India would face each other for more than two months. It was
Regarding China's movements, diplomatic sources pointed out that "it may be one of the attempts to unilaterally change the status quo along with restraint on India", and the alarming feelings of neighboring countries who are in dispute over sovereignty with China are further strengthened. That's right.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China “Border with Bhutan has not been defined yet”
On this, a Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Wu Wen-Ji told a press conference yesterday that "the border between China and Bhutan has not yet been demarcated, and there have been long-standing conflicts in the east, central and west." He also argued that there was a dispute over sovereignty in eastern Bhutan.
In addition, he said, "China has argued that the two countries' consultations would solve the border issue at once. We oppose touching the dispute over the territory of both sides in an international setting." I stabbed a nail in a place so that I would not raise this issue.