CHINA CLAIMS ON EASTERN BHUTAN BOUNDARY
- Bhutan sent China a demarche protesting against Chinese claim to the Sakteng wildlife sanctuary in eastern Bhutan
- Beijing claim including Bhutan’s ‘eastern sectors’ to the boundary dispute between the two countries for the first time
- Boundary between China and Bhutan has never been delimited. Disputes over the eastern, central and western sectors for a long time
- China’s attempt last month to stop funding for the Sakteng sanctuary from the UN Development Programs Global Environment Facility (GEF), on the grounds that it w2as ‘disputed’ territory
- According to written records, there has been no mention of eastern Bhutan, or Trashigang Dzongkhag (district), where Sakteng is based, that borders Arunachal Pradesh, in 24 previous rounds of boundary negotiations held between the two countries, between 1984 and 2016
- Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located mostly in Trashigang District and just crossing the border into Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan
- One of the country's protected areas
- Listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO inclusion
- Part of the Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests ecoregion
- Represents the easternmost temperate ecosystems and landscapes of Bhutan
- Protects several endemic species including the eastern blue pine and the black-rumped magpie.
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