evidence: The Indian government on Thursday strongly condemned China's attempts to include the Shaksgam valley in its territory. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India has registered its protest and rejection with China "against illegal attempts to alter the facts on the ground". [...] "We consider the Shaksgam valley to be our territory. We have never accepted the so-called China-Pakistan boundary agreement of 1963 through which Pakistan unlawfully attempted to cede the area to China," Randhir Jaiswal added. The Shaksgam valley is a strategically important region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).