America declared the entire Jammu and Kashmir as a part of India (Photo-X)
Jagran Bureau, New Delhi. India and America have issued a joint statement on the interim trade agreement. This statement has been described by both sides as historic and deepening of bilateral relations. The trade agreement also appears to be impacting diplomatic relations.
The US Trade Representative (USTR) has described the entire Jammu and Kashmir as a part of India. In earlier maps, America used to show slave Jammu and Kashmir separately.
On the joint statement regarding the trade agreement, separate statements have been issued by government departments and ministries from both sides. In this, a statement has also been issued on the official X handle of the US Trade Representative, which has garnered the most headlines.
In this post, USTR has included the entire map of India, that is, the entire Jammu and Kashmir (including Slave Jammu and Kashmir) has been shown in the map of India. Neither the Line of Control has been shown nor the part of Aksai Chin occupied by China has been separated.
Many people saw this post as the US taking care of India's sensitivities after the trade agreement and deepening of strategic relations between the US and India.
By the way, it is too early to say whether the use of the entire map of India by any agency of the US government is an indication of any possible change in the policy of the Trump administration regarding the whole of Kashmir or not.
Many times when American agencies have been tampering with the map of Jammu and Kashmir, India has expressed strong protest against it. In 2011, the US State Department had shown an incomplete map of India on its official website, in which a large area of Kashmir was shown as part of Pakistan.
India's Ministry of External Affairs had expressed strong objection, after which the Line of Control was marked separately. In such a situation, USTR's map is important. No controversial part is shown in it. The map used by the Government of India is shown as it is.
In the year 2020, when the Chinese army intruded in eastern Ladakh, the US termed it an attack on Indian territory. But, it has been officially describing the Aksai Chin area as a disputed area.
Aksai Chin was the focal point of the India-China war. China's occupation of Aksai Chin began in the sixth decade of the last century, when it started gaining influence over Tibet. After occupying Tibet in 1957, China became very active in this entire area.
This was also the main focal point of the India-China war in 1962. After India's defeat in the war, an area of approximately 38 thousand square kilometers went to China. India has always considered it an integral part of Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan had occupied the enslaved Jammu and Kashmir in 1947. Since the attack of 1947, Pakistan has occupied a large part of Jammu and Kashmir. In India it is generally called Slave Jammu and Kashmir. India considers it as its integral part. The Indian government says that this is the part of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which is under the control of Pakistan. The region remains a diplomatic and strategic issue for India.
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