‘Doklam standoff not very serious’, says Dalai Lama; invokes ‘Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai’ slogan
World | August 09, 2017 13:26 ISTIndia and Bhutan are two countries out of the 14 countries China is yet to sort out boundary disputes.
India and Bhutan are two countries out of the 14 countries China is yet to sort out boundary disputes.
China has settled boundary dispute approximately of 20,000 km with 12 countries out of the 22,000 km and is yet to settle about 2,000 km of boundary involving India and Bhutan.
Asked about China's claim of India reducing its troops from 400 to 40 in Dokalam, Gopal Baglay refused a direct reply terming it an operational matter.
China has repeatedly said the withdrawal of troops from Doklam was the precondition for any "meaningful dialogue" with India over the festering border row in the Sikkim section of the border.
Asking India to withdraw its troops from the area, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said that India should not take take the "illegal trespass as a policy to realise its political target.
After a three-week stand-off with China on Chinese territory, India should immediately pull back its trespassing troops, the commentary by Xinhua news agency said.
China today claimed that there is no dispute with Bhutan in the Doklam area as both the countries have a "basic consensus" on the boundary.
China today said the Doklam area in the Sikkim sector has been a traditional pasture for Chinese cattle grazers over which it has historically exercised "complete and comprehensive" control.
Accusing Indian troops of entering the Chinese side in Donglong area in Sikkim sector, the Chinese military asked India to “correct” its “wrong doing”.
"Recently, the Chinese army started construction of a road towards Bhutanese Army camp at Zomphlri in Doklam area which is in violation of an agreement between the two countries,” the Bhutanese Ambassador said.
Aadhaar is not a valid identification document for Indians travelling to Nepal and Bhutan, the Union home ministry has said.
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Bhutan had pulled out of the SAARC Summit, scheduled next month in Islamabad, in support for India’s national interest and is understood to have cited the vitiated atmosphere in the wake of the Uri terror attack behind its decision.
A day after India’s announcement of boycotting the SAARC Summit scheduled to be held in Pakistan in November, three more members – Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan – have also decided to pull out of the meet.
If you though only Bhutanese people reserved the sole right to be happy, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan wants you to change your mind.
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