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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The PLA has cause for concern. Over the last few years, the Indian Army, with help from the Arunachal Pradesh government, has created a lot of infrastructure in that region.
They've been doing this in very small incremental steps... but over a period of time, they've gained a lot. This is the tactic they've adopted and are continuing to do, said Ex-Army Chief General MM Naravane (Retd) said.
India-China border clash: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres official has called for de-escalation in order to restore peace in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang region.
The Indian Air Force will conduct a training exercise in the eastern sector to check the readiness of their aircraft.
India-China Tawang clash: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Parliament in session that Indian and Chinese troops clashed in the Tawang area near the LAC on December 9.
India-China troops clash: Amid a massive uproar over the recent clash between Indian and Chinese troops, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to make a statement in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Services Chiefs, on Tuesday, met with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the security situation along the Line of Actual Control with China at his residence in Delhi.
India-China troops clash: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will also speak on the matter. He is scheduled to brief the Parliament.
India-China troops clash along LAC: Indian Army in its statement did not mention any numbers of security personnel that got inured during the clash with PLA.
S Jaishankar, who is in US to attend the annual UN General Assembly session, made the remarks while replying to a question on the rise of China and India amidst their border standoff during his interaction with the audience at the Columbia University.
China has kept on increasing its presence not just on land but also on maritime borders, the navy chief said.
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