Bhutan's King Wangchuck's high-profile trip to India comes amid renewed push by Bhutan and China for an early settlement of their decades-old boundary dispute.
According to a report by the Pentagon, China deployed one border regiment, supported by two divisions of Xinjiang and Tibet Military Districts with four combined arms brigades (CAB) in reserve in the western sector of the LAC in 2022.
During the India-China border talks, the two sides decided to continue discussions through relevant military and diplomatic channels.
Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande said that India's firm and resolute stand against the Chinese during the Galwan stand-off made the world take note of our political and military resolve. He also said that China has been looking at geopolitical and trade agreements as a zero-sum game.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishsnkar, who had served in China as India's Ambassador to Beijing, recalled that the relations between both nations have never been easy in the past 75 years. He claimed that the ties strained further after the Galwan Valley clash in 2020.
Out of the 90 projects, 36 are in Arunachal Pradesh, 26 in Ladakh, 11 in Jammi and Kashmir, three in Himachal Pradesh and two each in Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, all along the Line of Actual Control facing China.
"This is already been negotiated. I mean, an arbitral in 2016 made it clear it's a it's a violation of the law. And so that's where I put that map," said Harris.
"The 21st century is the century of Asia and this is our century. It requires the creation of a rules-based post-Covid world order and everyone’s effort for human welfare," he told the members of the ASEAN-India Summit.
"We reject the unlawful maritime claims reflected on that map and call on the PRC to comport its maritime claims in the South China Sea and elsewhere with the International Law of the Sea," Patel said in response to a question on the US's stance over the recently released map.
Relations between China and India remain frosty over their border dispute that led to a clash three years ago in which 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed.
"We have seen some reports in the newspapers. But, we go by written confirmation. And we have not seen (a written confirmation). Unless we see that I am not in a position to say either way," an official said.
Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday said its Premier Li Qiang will attend a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) being held September 5-8.
Rahul Gandhi, who recently visited Ladakh claimed that he spoke to people in the region and they said that China grabbed land.
Responding to the media queries on the so-called 2023 "standard map” of China, Arindam Bagchi, the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that India has lodged a strong protest regarding it.
"PM underlined that the maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas and observing and respecting the LAC are essential for the normalisation of the India China relationship," said Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra.
There were reports that PM will hold meetings with the heads of five countries including Iran, Ethiopia and Mozambique but it did not mention the names of the other two nations.
India and China are indulged in a military impasse for the last three years since May 2020, when the Chinese tried to aggressively alter the status quo on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a bilateral talk with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Thursday in Goa on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting.
The situation along LAC has been hostile several times after a standoff erupted on May 5, 2020 between India and China following a violent clash in the Pangong lake area.
China has built Bangda Airbase-- nearly 150km away from Arunachal Pradesh's border and deployed WZ-7 'Soaring Dragon' drones.
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