During Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida‘s two-day visit to India on January 17 and 18, he said that the so-called „Arunachal Pradesh,“ which was established largely on the three areas of China‘s Tibet, was „an Indian territory.“ Following a protest lodged by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kishida defended himself, telling reporters in Brussels on January 19 that „India basically and effectively controls [the region], and China and India are continuing consultations on the border issue. I made the remark taking these facts into account.“