Recent visit of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Arunachal Pradesh had ruffled the Chinese feathers. As usual China reacted to the Prime Minister’s visit to the border state to inaugurate the Sela Tunnel that enhances the nationwide connectivity to Twang. China lodged a diplomatic protest with India reiterating the claim over the area by saying that India’s moves will complicate the unresolved boundary question. The Sela Tunnel will provide for better movement of troops and weaponry to various forward locations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. China has been repeatedly claiming that Arunachal is South Tibet and has been continuously reacting to the visit of the Indian leaders to this border state. To further aggravate the dispute, China has also named this area as Zangnan. China’s repeated objection to the Indian moves in Arunachal Pradesh has affected the bilateral relations between the two nations. India has repeatedly rejected the Chinese posturing on Arunachal Pradesh and reiterated that the state is an integral and inalienable part of India. India has reiterated that changing names doesn’t alter the ground situation. Chinese transgression in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh sector pose a serious challenge to the territorial integrity of India. Continued confrontation and violation of the borders by the Chinese has made the news many times. Recently in Ladakh, the Ladakhi farmers repulsed the Chinese high handedness and intimidation when they were doing farm activities and grazing their livestock. It is welcome sign that India  and China  exchanged views  on  the ways of achieving  complete disengagement and resolving the issues  along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Western Sector of the  India-China border areas. This comes as India-China held its 29th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) on Wednesday in the Chinese capital, Beijing. The meeting was co-chaired by the MEA Joint Secretary who led the Indian delegation and the Director General of the Boundary & Oceanic Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs led the Chinese delegation. The official press brief said, “The 29th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) was held on 27 March 2024 in Beijing. Joint Secretary (East Asia) from the Ministry of External Affairs led the Indian delegation. The Chinese delegation was led by the Director General of the Boundary & Oceanic Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on how to achieve complete disengagement and resolve the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Western Sector of India-China border areas.” Both sides agreed to open diplomatic and military channels to uphold peace and tranquillity on the ground in the border areas. Underlining the import of the meeting the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) has said, “In the interim, both sides agreed to maintain regular contact through diplomatic and military channels and on the need to uphold peace and tranquillity on the ground in the border areas in accordance with existing bilateral agreements and protocols.” The 28th meeting of the WMCC was held in November last year, in which two sides reviewed the situation along the LAC in the Western Sector of the India-China border areas and engaged in an open, constructive, and in-depth discussion of proposals to resolve the remaining issues and achieve complete disengagement in Eastern Ladakh as per the MEA. Meanwhile, India has again rejected the “absurd claims” and “baseless arguments” made by China on Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the northeast State is an “integral and inalienable part of India. The Ministry of External Affairs in an official statement on March 19 noted that the people of Arunachal Pradesh will “continue to benefit” from India’s development programmes and infrastructure projects. It is in the interests of both nations that China accepts the ground reality and stops poking India and desists from transgressing in Indian territories.