Indian Army plans to assess Shaksgam Valley effects of Chinese establishing
The Shaksgam Valley issue has been brought up by India in the Special Representative Dialogue on Boundary Resolution.
Delhi, New: India’s Army is going to research the military ramifications of China constructing a road in Shaksgam Valley since Beijing’s physical presence may put Indian defenses in Siachen Glacier in jeopardy. China unlawfully acquired 5180 square kilometers of Indian territory in Shaksgam Valley from Pakistan in 1963.
India formally protested Chinese road development in the Valley last week, both in Beijing and in Delhi. However, the road may be a part of a route that connects the Siachen Glacier-bordering Upper Shaksgam Valley with the Karakoram Highway. The new route crosses the 16,333-foot Aghil Pass and may offer a different route to the Upper Shaksgam Pass, which leads to the Karakoram Pass, and then to the Khunjerab Pass in the northern regions of occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
India is extremely concerned about this issue because, should China build a road to the Upper Shaksgam Valley, Indian positions on the Siachen Glacier will be threatened by both China and Pakistan. The Indian Army will undoubtedly need to prepare long-term defenses to counter Chinese encroachment in the Shaksgam Valley, which it has already occupied.