Talk:List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia

Taiwan

I don't think that Taiwan should be listed as "De jure a province of the People's Republic of China." By that definition, China should also be listed as "De jure a province of the Republic of China (Taiwan)." I'm going to go ahead and change it to, "See Legal status of Taiwan". -- Masamunecyrus^(talk)_(contribs) 06:45, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

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Where is Israel?

Why Israel is missing from the table of the UN countries and why Palestine is marked in two different tables?

ALBA-CENTAURI (talk) 15:40, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

@ALBA-CENTAURI: It seems earlier this month an IP user deleted Israel and replaced it with Palestine, it's been undone and Israel has been re-added. - SantiLak (talk) 20:24, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan

In the Wikipedia article "List of Sovereign States and Dependent Territories by Continent." the following information about Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan is given in the section for Pakistan:

"Pakistan is a federation of four provinces and one capital territory. Pakistan exercises control over certain portions of Kashmir, but has not officially annexed any of it,[29][30] instead regarding it as a disputed territory.[31][32] The portions that it controls are divided into two territories, administered separately from Pakistan proper:

   Azad Kashmir
   Gilgit-Baltistan

Azad Kashmir describes itself as a "self-governing state under Pakistani control", while Gilgit-Baltistan is described in its governance order as a group of "areas" with self-government.[33][34][35] These territories are not usually regarded as sovereign, as they do not fulfil the criteria set out by the declarative theory of statehood (for example, their current laws do not allow them to engage independently in relations with other states). Several state functions of these territories (such as foreign affairs and defence) are performed by Pakistan.[34][36][37]"

Therefore, since Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan are neither constituent parts of Pakistan nor sovereign states, they should be listed in the "Dependent territories" section of this Wikipedia article. Agreed? Atelerixia (talk) 21:02, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

No, they are not treated like that in any other source. CMD (talk) 01:32, 13 December 2020 (UTC)