Tag: India- China standoff

Donald Trump reiterates offer to ‘mediate’ on India-China border dispute, says PM Modi ‘not in good mood’

Indian and Chinese troops have remained engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in several areas along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, signalling that the standoff could become the biggest military face-off after the Doklam crisis in 2017.

May 29, 2020

China extends olive branch to India amid border tensions after US seeks discussion on HK at UNSC

Just before the US and China engaged in a diplomatic duel at the UN, American President Donald Trump tweeted that he had conveyed to both China and India that Washington was willing to mediate or arbitrate in the 'raging border dispute'.

May 28, 2020

‘Avoid any action that heightens tensions’: UN chief on India-China face-off at LAC

Several areas along the LAC in Ladakh and North Sikkim have witnessed major military build-up by both the Indian and Chinese armies recently, in a clear signal of escalating tension and hardening of respective positions by the two sides.

May 28, 2020

US willing to ‘mediate or arbitrate raging border dispute’: Donald Trump on India-China standoff at LAC

Several areas along the LAC in Ladakh and North Sikkim have witnessed major military build-up by both the Indian and Chinese armies recently, in a clear signal of escalating tension and hardening of respective positions by the two sides even two weeks after they were engaged in two separate face-offs.

May 27, 2020

‘No one can dare to stare at Modi’s India’: Ravi Shankar Prasad amid tensions with China at LAC

Prasad's reply on the border tension comes a day after Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday ordered the military to scale up the battle preparedness, visualising the worst-case scenarios and asked them to resolutely defend the country’s sovereignty.

May 27, 2020

‘Scale up battle preparedness’: Xi Jinping to Chinese military amid tensions with India, US

Jinping's comments come in the wake of the continuing standoff between the militaries of India and China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

May 27, 2020

‘China will continue to support India in COVID-19 fight’: Envoy amid standoff at LAC in Ladakh

Meanwhile, amid a rise in COVID-19 cases and heightened tension between the two countries at the disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, China has said that it will repatriate its citizens from India.

May 26, 2020

India, China armies likely headed for standoff in Ladakh, could be biggest face-off after Doklam: Report

Top military sources have said that India has further increased its strength in Pangong Tso and Galwan Valley - the two contentious areas where Chinese army is learnt to have been deploying around 2,000 to 2,500 troops, besides gradually enhancing temporary infrastructure.

May 26, 2020

Army chief visits Ladakh amid tensions between India, China along disputed LAC

In the second week of May, around 150 soldiers of both sides had a face-off near Naku La Pass in Sikkim, in which soldiers on both sides sustained injuries.

May 23, 2020

India, China troops’ standoff near Pangong lake in Ladakh ends after delegation-level talks

Army sources said the incident occurred due to deferring perceptions about the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China.

September 12, 2019

China agrees to share Brahmaputra river data with India

China on Wednesday said it has agreed to share the Brahmaputra river water data with India, which it had withheld last year after the Doklam military stand-off. The announcement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry came a day after India and China held talks over the trans-border rivers in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. “The …

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March 28, 2018

Doklam disengagement

In a diplomatic victory, India and China have agreed to “disengage” from the standoff in Doklam on Bhutanese territory. On 28 August, the Ministry of External Affairs announced “expeditious disengagement of border personnel” at Doklam, signalling that the 74-day standoff in the disputed India-ChinaBhutan Trijunction has come to an end. India has always maintained that …

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September 1, 2017

Sanity prevails

Applause is due to those unnamed diplomats who toiled behind-the-scenes to evolve the formulation that ended the deadlock at Doklam. Since “truce” thrills neither party, there is little point splitting hairs over the language used in the statements issued in New Delhi and Beijing, or trying to analyse which side lost more in the process. …

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August 30, 2017

Indian government team to visit China border areas

Amidst a stand-off with China in the Doklam sector, a high-level government team is set to visit areas bordering China to assess the situation, informed sources said on Friday. The team will also review the facilities given to army and paramilitary personnel posted on the border with China. Security agencies have indicated a strong possibility …

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August 18, 2017

Indian Army officers meet Chinese counterparts at Chushul

Following the first ever incident of stone-pelting between troops of China and India on Tuesday near the Pangong lake in the Eastern Ladakh, the officers of both sides met at Chushul on Wednesday in the afternoon to sort out the matter. A top military source said that the pre-scheduled Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) was in progress since afternoon on …

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August 16, 2017

Chinese side requests flag meeting after Ladakh skirmish

A day after Indian and Chinese troops clashed along the northern bank of Pangong Lake in Ladakh, a flag meeting was requested by the Chinese side, sources said on Wednesday. A scuffle took place on Tuesday when troops of China’s PLA tried to cross the Line of Actual Control near Pangong Lake in Ladakh. The …

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August 16, 2017

Pakistan continuing with nefarious activities, Jaitley tells armed forces

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that Pakistan continues with its “nefarious activities” of sponsoring cross border terrorism using the Indian territory occupied by it. Addressing the armed forces in a message on the eve of the 71st Independence Day, he said huge causalties occurred to such terrorists, their supporters and the launch pads …

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August 15, 2017