Beijing, June 24 – India has not taken any new position by reiterating that it recognises the administrative autonomous region of Tibet(TAR) formed in 1965 as part of Peoples Republic of China which came into being in 1949, informed sources said here today.
Sources said that there were other regions of Tibet which were outside the TAR which had now become parts of other districts of China.
The India position continued to treat these areas as part of the Tibet region and not of TAR.
Even Dalai Lama’s territorial claims to Tibet include those areas which are outside the TAR.
India had accepted the suzerainty of China over Tibet region in 1954 and again in 1958. In 1965, when the TAR was formed, India recognised the claim of the Peoples Republic of china over it.
This position was reiterated in 1988 during the visit of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Since then, India’s position has not undergone any change.
Yesterday, the Chinese news agency Xinhua had erroneously reported that India had recognised the TAr in a more explicit way.
However, the sources said there had been no material change in the Indian position.
