(LiveMint)
After Pakistan, now China is trying to create a dispute at the border with India as if it were part of a “mission,” defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday as India and China held their seventh round of military talks.
“You are well aware of the conditions created along our northern and eastern borders. First it was Pakistan, and now also by China, as if a border dispute is being created under a mission. We have a border of about 7,000 km with these countries where the tension continues,” Singh said as he virtually inaugurated 44 bridges in strategically important Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.
The main aim of this round is expected to be the preservation of an uneasy calm that has been in place for a month along the border in Ladakh. The exploration of steps to maintain stability on the ground and avoid any action that may trigger fresh tension in the region was on the agenda, said a person familiar with the developments.
