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China cant afford to enter India:
Nepal Army chief
Published October 4, 2013 | By
admin
SOURCE: TNN
Dismissing the recent reports of 640
sq km incursion in Ladakh by
Chinese Peoples Liberation Army
(PLA), Nepals chief of army staff
Gaurav Shumsher Jang Bahadur
Rana on Thursday said China cannot
afford to enter India even as he
sought to stick to his countrys non-
alignment policy for not offering
military support to either country in
case of a war.
China is too pre-occupied with the
Tibetan issue. And, then there is
Xinjiang region facing the separatist
movement. The PLA cannot afford to
enter India, or for that matter
Nepal. Whether its the mighty
Himalayas or the Indo-Gangetic
plains, they have no reasons to make
incursions into India. There are no
provocations, Rana told TOI in an
exclusive interview in Chandigarh.
Rana held the alleged incursion of
the Red Army into Indian territory in
Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh as a
common occurrence. In all military
agreements, there are problems
when you draw lines of control on
maps using a pen. Whenever there
is a violation, either country then
blames it on the thickness of the
drawn line. So there are no signs of
any concern for India, he said.
Chinese troops had apparently made
inroads up to 10km into Daulat Beg
Oldi sector of eastern Ladakh in April
and 20km into Chaglagam area of
Arunachal Pradesh in August this
year. Rana, who is on a six-day visit
to India, also said that Indian Army
is capable of giving strong response
to China in case of an attack or war.
He, however, said India lacked
political will to do so.
Rana, who had visited China for a
similar 10-day visit to strengthen
military ties in July this year, said
Nepals relations with India were
incomparable.
Right from Indias Independence in
1947 when we had sent 5-7 Nepal
Army battalions to Hyderabad for
the unification process, we have had
healthy cooperation with India.
Tsunami was other big example. But
then we have our foreign policy of
non-alignment which ensures no
military support to any country in an
eventuality related to a conflict, the
India-educated chief said.
His visit has included the series of
joint Indo-Nepal military exercises
Surya Kiran, which initially started at
platoon level and were enhanced to
battalion level in Pithoragarh in
Uttarakhand.
Surya Kiran is aimed at achieving
tactical level understanding and
interoperability between troops of
both armies.
--------------------------------------------------------source. idrw.org
Nepal Army chief
Published October 4, 2013 | By
admin
SOURCE: TNN
Dismissing the recent reports of 640
sq km incursion in Ladakh by
Chinese Peoples Liberation Army
(PLA), Nepals chief of army staff
Gaurav Shumsher Jang Bahadur
Rana on Thursday said China cannot
afford to enter India even as he
sought to stick to his countrys non-
alignment policy for not offering
military support to either country in
case of a war.
China is too pre-occupied with the
Tibetan issue. And, then there is
Xinjiang region facing the separatist
movement. The PLA cannot afford to
enter India, or for that matter
Nepal. Whether its the mighty
Himalayas or the Indo-Gangetic
plains, they have no reasons to make
incursions into India. There are no
provocations, Rana told TOI in an
exclusive interview in Chandigarh.
Rana held the alleged incursion of
the Red Army into Indian territory in
Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh as a
common occurrence. In all military
agreements, there are problems
when you draw lines of control on
maps using a pen. Whenever there
is a violation, either country then
blames it on the thickness of the
drawn line. So there are no signs of
any concern for India, he said.
Chinese troops had apparently made
inroads up to 10km into Daulat Beg
Oldi sector of eastern Ladakh in April
and 20km into Chaglagam area of
Arunachal Pradesh in August this
year. Rana, who is on a six-day visit
to India, also said that Indian Army
is capable of giving strong response
to China in case of an attack or war.
He, however, said India lacked
political will to do so.
Rana, who had visited China for a
similar 10-day visit to strengthen
military ties in July this year, said
Nepals relations with India were
incomparable.
Right from Indias Independence in
1947 when we had sent 5-7 Nepal
Army battalions to Hyderabad for
the unification process, we have had
healthy cooperation with India.
Tsunami was other big example. But
then we have our foreign policy of
non-alignment which ensures no
military support to any country in an
eventuality related to a conflict, the
India-educated chief said.
His visit has included the series of
joint Indo-Nepal military exercises
Surya Kiran, which initially started at
platoon level and were enhanced to
battalion level in Pithoragarh in
Uttarakhand.
Surya Kiran is aimed at achieving
tactical level understanding and
interoperability between troops of
both armies.
--------------------------------------------------------source. idrw.org
