Sino-Pakistan Agreement

The Boundary Agreement between China and Pakistan, 1963
Agreement on the boundary between China's Sinkiang and the contiguous areas[1]
Signed2 March 1963
LocationPeking
Effective2 March 1963[1]
Original
signatories
  • China Marshal Chen Yi, Plenipotentiary of the Government of the People's Republic of China
  • Pakistan Z. Ali Bhutto, Plenipotentiary of the Government of Pakistan
Parties
  • China China
  • Pakistan Pakistan
Citations[1]
LanguagesChinese, English, Urdu
Full text
中华人民共和国政府和巴基斯坦政府关于中国新疆和由巴基斯坦实际控制其防务的各个地区相接壤的边界的协定 at Wikisource

The Sino-Pakistan Agreement[a] is a 1963 document between the governments of Pakistan and China establishing the border between those countries in the disputed Kashmir region.[3]

It resulted in both countries ceding over 1,942 square kilometres (750 sq mi)[clarification needed] to the other. Pakistan recognized Chinese sovereignty over land in Northern Areas of Kashmir and Ladakh.[4][5] However, Indian writers have insisted that in this transaction, Pakistan surrendered approximately 5,300 km2 (2,050 sq mi) of territory to China.[6][7] India claims the agreement is invalid, and claims sovereignty over part of the land. In addition to increasing tensions with India, the agreement shifted the balance of the Cold War by bringing Pakistan and China closer together while loosening ties between Pakistan and the United States.

  1. ^ a b c "People's Republic of China-Pakistan. Agreement on the Boundary Between China's Sinkiang and the Contiguous Areas. Peking, March 2, 1963". The American Journal of International Law. 57 (3): 713–716. 1963. doi:10.2307/2196119. ISSN 0002-9300. JSTOR 2196119. S2CID 246002991. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ The Geographer 1968, p. 3.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Time was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Noorani, A.G. (14 January 2012). "Map fetish". Vol. 29, no. 01. Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ Ahmed, Ishtiaq (1998), State, Nation and Ethnicity in Contemporary South Asia, A&C Black, p. 148, ISBN 978-1-85567-578-0: "As a friendly gesture some territory in the northern areas was surrendered to China and a treaty was signed which stated that there were no border disputes between the two countries."
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lamb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Trivei, Abishek (8 July 2019). "Why the 1963 Sino-Pakistan Boundary Agreement Is Unlawful in Light of the Recent ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Chagos Archipelago, 2019". www.jurist.org. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.


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