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Map of J&K indicating location of Gilgit region

In a shocking report published by the New York Times, Mr. Selig S. Harrison, Director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy and a former South Asia bureau chief of The Washington Post revealed that about 7000 to 11,000 soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China reached the Gilgit-Baltistan region of the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), the area which India officially claims as its own territory. Report claims that Chinese army already built permanent residential enclaves instead of temporary encampments, indicating a long term presence.

Times Now reports that China eying the region for the following four crucial reasons.

1. Gilgit-Baltistan is a strategic area for China.
2. China want to use Gilgit to access the Gulf region.
3. Gilgit will connect eastern China to the Gawadar port in Pakistan which is built with Chinese assistance.
4. Gilgit can be used as a storage space for anti-India missiles.

PLA already built 22 mysterious tunnels in the region that are necessary for the transportation of petroleum products from Iran to China but they can also be used for storing missiles directed against India. Even Pakistanis are barred from these areas increasing suspicion.

Earlier China claimed that Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian state in the north east region, belongs to the PLC and the issue is not resolved to the full satisfaction for both the countries till date.

The Govt. of India did not make any official comment in this regard and the Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP), the manor opposition party, already demanded a statement from the Prime Minister in the parliament, explaining the ground realities.

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