China's new land boundary law is of concern to us, says India

India on Wednesday hit out at China for bringing out a new land border law and said it expects Beijing to avoid taking any action under the "pretext" of the legislation that could "unilaterally" alter the situation in the border areas. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi described China's decision to bring out the law as a matter of "concern" as it can have implications on the existing bilateral pacts on the management of the border and the overall boundary question.

"China's unilateral decision to bring about a legislation which can have implication on our existing bilateral arrangements on border management as well as on the boundary question is of concern to us," he said. "Such unilateral move will have no bearing on the arrangements that both sides have already reached earlier, whether it is on the boundary question or for maintaining peace and tranquillity along the LAC in India-China border areas," he said.