(ET)
China today asked India to withdraw its troops from the Donglong area in the Sikkim sector as a precondition for a “meaningful dialogue” to settle the current stand-off, warning that the Indian Army should learn “historical lessons”, in an oblique reference to the 1962 war.
Launching a media blitzkrieg on the Sikkim stand-off, both Chinese Foreign and Defence Ministries directed their attacks on India and maintained that the Indian Army had “illegally trespassed” into the Chinese territory.
The People’s Liberation Army spokesman, Col Wu Qian also rejected as “extremely irresponsible” Army chief General Bipin Rawat’s remarks that India is ready for a “two-and-a-half front war”, asking him to “stop clamouring for war”.
