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July 2017
In
a toughening of its stand, India on Thursday asked China to withdraw its troops
from Doklam on the Bhutan-China border if it wanted New Delhi to pull out its
Army from the area.
In
the first exhaustive Indian comment on the border row between India and China
that began over a month ago, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj accused
China of unilaterally trying to change the status quo on the frontier with
Bhutan.
This
is what had sparked off the stand-off between the Indian and Chinese armies,
she told the Rajya Sabha. The Total
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She
said while China was saying that India should withdraw its troops from Doklam
for negotiations to begin, "we are saying that if a dialogue is to be
held, then both should withdraw (their troops)". The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
The
Chinese action "is a challenge to our security", the Minister said,
adding India was not doing anything unreasonable. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
The
stand-off started more than a month ago when Indian troops stopped Chinese
soldiers from building a road on the tri-junction of India, Bhutan and China.
This
has severely affected Sino-Indian ties, with Chinese experts threatening a war
if New Delhi did not buckle. The Total
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"Foreign
countries are with us. They feel that China is being aggressive with a small
country like Bhutan. Bhutan has protested, including in writing. All the
countries feel India's stand is right and the law is with us," Sushma
Swaraj said.
"Over
the years, China has been trying to get closer and closer to where the
tri-junction point ends. It has done things like repair roads, re-tar them and
things like that."
She
described what was different about the June 16 incident that led to the
stand-off.
"This
time though, they came with bulldozers and construction equipment with the aim
of breaching the point where the tri-junction ends. That is a threat to our
security," she said.
On
China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) project, Sushma Swaraj said India had opposed
it right from the beginning. The Total
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