Ministry of External Affairs spokespersom Ravish Kumar said on Wednesday that India marked protests with the two countries over the bus service under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project
He said the bus service will be a violation of India's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Reports indicate that the new bus service will be launched on November 13 between Lahore in Pakistan and Kashgar in China via Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Responding to media queries regarding the proposed bus service Kumar said : “It has been India’s consistent and well-known position that the so-called China-Pakistan ‘Boundary Agreement of 1963 is illegal and invalid, and has never been recognised by the Government of India. "Therefore, any such bus service through Pakistan Occupied Jammu & Kashmir will be a violation of India's sovereignty and territorial integrity."
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a USD50-billion project of planned networks of roads, railways and energy projects linking China’s resource-rich Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region with Pakistan’s strategic Gwadar Port on the Arabian Sea.