{"id":26112,"date":"2020-05-27T07:49:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T02:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/india-firm-wont-step-back-from-areas-where-chinese-troops-have-intruded\/"},"modified":"2020-05-27T07:49:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T02:19:39","slug":"india-firm-wont-step-back-from-areas-where-chinese-troops-have-intruded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=26112","title":{"rendered":"India firm, won\u2019t step back from areas where Chinese troops have intruded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Delhi:<\/strong> India will remain firm on the ground in the ongoing troop confrontations in eastern Ladakh where it said China has violated the unresolved boundary and obstructed\u00a0Indian patrols even as New Delhi remains committed to a peaceful and diplomatic resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top government sources said India will continue to \u201cdefend its interests resolutely\u201d, deploy \u201cappropriate resources\u201d and work for a peaceful resolution of the dispute, indicating that troops in a forward position will resist the Chinese intrusions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India will soon resume border infrastructure construction activities derailed by the coronavirus pandemic, but will remain \u201copen and flexible\u201d in diplomatic talks with China in a bid to resolve the military stalemate in the Himalayas, another set of sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In an articulation that stood out for forthrightly naming China as the intruder, sources said while India has always remained conscious of where the LAC lies, China has from time to time violated the unresolved boundary, and the government \u201cdoesn\u2019t know what their motives are\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All activities and border patrols by India were being undertaken well within its own side of the LAC in eastern Ladakh, the sources said.
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\u201cBut despite that, the Chinese obstructed the Indian patrols. The two sides are engaged diplomatically both here and in Beijing to address the issue, but there won\u2019t be any compromise when it comes to the defence of our territory,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This came after a flurry of meetings in South Block, defence minister Rajnath Singh and national security advisor Ajit Doval monitoring the developing situation closely as India sought a non-escalatory posture even while making it clear that it will not allow the LAC to be unilaterally altered.
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India is now actively looking at politico-diplomatic intervention to resolve the crisis after several rounds of major general and brigadier-level negotiations at the Chushul-Moldo and Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO)-Tien Wien Dien (TWD) border personnel meeting (BPM) points have failed to break the deadlock, as was reported by TOI a day ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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India will remain firm on the ground in the ongoing troop confrontations in eastern Ladakh where it said China has violated the unresolved boundary.
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India is keeping a close eye on troop reinforcements and fortifications by the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) at the four-five confrontations sites on the northern bank of Pangong Tso, Demchok and the Galwan Valley region through satellite pictures and a variety of \u201csurveillance platforms\u201d like aircraft and drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe situation is serious but not alarming. The Indian Army position is clear that it will not allow the status quo to be changed unilaterally by PLA soldiers, who have intruded 1-3 km into what India considers to be its territory,\u201d said another source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndian troops will not budge an inch from their forward positions but will take care not to unnecessarily provoke the PLA troops as per the laid down protocols between the two sides. BPM and hotline talks are being held at the colonel, brigadier and major-general levels but without any breakthrough as yet,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian Army has moved its battalions under the Leh-based 3 Infantry Division (a division has 10,000-12,000 soldiers) forward to their \u2018operational alert areas\u2019, with units from other areas replacing them in the \u2018traditional depth areas\u2019, as was first reported by TOI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China has deployed an estimated 1,200-1,500 soldiers in the almost eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation at the different sites in eastern Ladakh spread across a broad frontage of the LAC. The PLA has also diverted at least 5,000 soldiers towards the border from an exercise it was holding in the region as a show of strength.
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With inputs from <\/em>Times of India<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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