evidence: In Short - India lodged protest with China for construction in Shaksgam Valley - MEA spokesperson says Shaksgam Valley is part of Indian territory - Reports of Chinese construction activities amid India-China border row [...] Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Randhir Jaiswal said the Shaksgam Valley is a part of India and New Delhi never accepted the so-called China-Pakistan boundary pact of 1963 through which Islamabad "unlawfully" attempted to cede the area to Beijing. [...] "The Shaksgam Valley is a part of the territory of India. We have never accepted the so-called China-Pakistan boundary agreement of 1963 through which Pakistan unlawfully attempted to cede the area to China," Jaiswal said.