India, May 27 -- India on Tuesday rejected "unwarranted references" to the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in a Pakistan-China joint statement, saying the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will always be "integral and inalienable parts" of the country.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal responded to media queries regarding references to the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the China-Pakistan joint statement by saying: "India categorically rejects unwarranted references to the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir in the joint statement between China and Pakistan."

India's position is "consistent and well known to the concerned parties. The Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladak...