Sources said issues related to the security challenges the country was facing on the northern and western borders figured at the meeting between General Bipin Rawat and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The Army Chief also talked about China engaging in a psychological warfare by using the media and information technology against India during the Dokalam face-off.
China is attempting to "change the status quo" on its border with India and incidents like the ongoing stand-off in the Doklam area are likely to "increase" in future, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Saturday
He said that during the flag meetings with Chinese counterparts, the Indian Army keeps insisting that both sides should return to the pre-June 16 positions (before the stand-off began), but no resolution has been found yet.
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Rawat was apprised about the tense situation on the border at the Army's 17 Mountain Division even as China warned that the Indian Army should learn "historical lessons", in an oblique reference to the 1962 war.
Of the 3,488-km-long India-China border from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, a 220-km section falls in Sikkim.
Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) personnel breached the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Sikkim sector and destroyed two makeshift Indian Army bunkers earlier this month in Lalten area of Doka La sector.
Rawat had said that India is prepared for security threats posed by China, Pakistan as well as by internal threats.
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat will visit Sikkim tomorrow in the backdrop of a standoff between Indian troops and Chinese army along the Sino-India border in Sikkim.
Army Chief Bipin Rawat on Saturday said that the security forces were doing a great job in bringing the situation in the Valley under control, adding that there was no cause for worry
Referring to the ongoing unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, General Rawat said that the younger generation in the state is being misinformed and misguided by forces inimical to peace.
General Rawat said that such comparisons cannot affect an Army officer as he is always prepared to face such comments.
Accusing Pakistan of trying to create unrest in the valley, General Rawat said that Islamabad is using social media to foment trouble in Jammu and Kashmir.
As we say, difference of opinion is the hallmark of a vibrant democracy. However, one does not expect people of Partha Chatterjee’s academic background to indulge in sophistry to prove a point which is completely devoid of facts.
Gen Rawat had yesterday visited formations on the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir and was briefed on the operational and logistical preparedness of the force.
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