new delhi the government on thursday asked china to refrain from commenting on indias internal affairs and reminded beijing that it continued to be in occupation of not just a large tract of land in jammu kashmir and ladakh but had also illegally occupied indian territory from pakistanoccupied kashmir the response followed remarks by the chinese foreign ministry that indias bifurcation of jk into two separate union territories was unlawful and undermined chinas sovereignty mea spokesperson raveesh kumar said china was aware of indias consistent and clear position on this issue the matter of reorganisation of the erstwhile state of jk into the union territories of jk and ladakh is entirely an internal affair of india we do not expect other countries including china to comment on matters which are internal to india he said we expect other countries to respect indias sovereignty and territorial integrity china continues to be in occupation of a large tract of area in the union territories of jk and ladakh it has also illegally acquired indian territories from pok under the chinapakistan boundary agreement of 1963 kumar said kumar also recalled that india had consistently conveyed its concerns to both china and pakistan on projects in the socalled chinapakistan economic corridor which was in territory illegally occupied by pakistan since 1947 as far as the boundary question was concerned he said india and china had agreed to seek a fair reasonable and mutually accepted solution to the issue through peaceful consultations on the basis of the political parameters and guiding principles that were agreed in 2005 this was reiterated also in the 2nd indiachina informal summit between pm modi and president xi earlier this month kumar said chinas foreign ministry spokesman geng shuang said in beijing on thursday that india unilaterally changed its domestic laws and administrative division challenging chinas sovereignty this is unlawful and void and this is not effective in any way and will not change the fact that the area is under chinese actual control he saidwatch india warns china away from commenting on kashmir