India on Tuesday categorically rejected what it called “unwarranted references” to Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement issued by China and Pakistan.The statement had been issued on Monday after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif concluded a three-day visit to China. It stated that Pakistan had briefed China on the latest developments in Jammu and Kashmir, while Beijing said the “dispute is left over from history, and should be properly and peacefully resolved” in accordance with the United Nations Charter, UN Security Council resolutions and bilateral agreements.In response, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said that New Delhi’s position was “consistent and well known to the concerned parties”. “The Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are and will always remain integral and inalienable parts of India,” stated the ministry. “No other country has the locus standi to comment on the same.”The foreign ministry also rejected references related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, saying some of the projects are in India’s sovereign territory.“We resolutely oppose and reject any moves by other countries to reinforce or legitimise Pakistan's illegal and forcible occupation of these territories, impinging on India's sovereignty and territorial integrity,” it added. The ministry said that this position has been conveyed to the authorities in Pakistan and China several times.The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, launched in 2015 as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is a major infrastructure project in Pakistan. It aims to enhance economic connectivity between China and Pakistan by developing a network of roads, railways, pipelines and energy projects.The corridor passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and is a key part of Beijing’s wider Belt and Road Initiative.On references to the “so-called trans-boundary water resources cooperation” between China and Pakistan, New Delhi said the two countries do not share a boundary and therefore such cooperation does not arise.“India has never recognised the so-called 1963 boundary agreement between Pakistan and China,” the statement added.The Shaksgam Valley is a disputed territory historically part of Jammu and Kashmir, which Pakistan ceded to China in 1963. India has not recognised this agreement.New Delhi has also repeatedly objected to the infrastructure projects undertaken by Beijing there.Written by Sara Varghese. Edited by Sneha.