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LEH/NEW DELHI: As the intruding
Chinese soldiers refuse to budge
from their occupied position in
Daulat Beg Oldi(DBO) sector in
Ladakh, two Chinese military
helicopters have violated Indian airspace at Chumar, several
hundred kilometres southeast of
Leh, adding to the prevailing
tension. The Chinese choppers
entered the Indian airspace on
April 21 and hovered over the area for quite sometime and
returned after dropping some
food cans, cigarette packets and
notes written in their local
language, official sources said
today. The incident happened five days
after a platoon-strength contingent of China's People's Liberation Army
(PLA) had come 10km inside the Indian territory
in Burthe in the DBO sector on the night of April
15 and established a tented post there. Chumar, which is about 300km from Leh,
provides another access to Aksai Chin, an area
which is under illegal occupation of China,
besides from DBO. After the incursion incident, Indo-Tibetan Border
Police, the border guarding force, has beefed up
its strength in the area and Army from the
nearby location had increased its surveillance. Last September, Chinese helicopters flew over
Chumar with some of its troops even getting
onto the ground. The troops destroyed bunkers
and old tents of the Indian Army before returning
to their own air space. The situation in the DBO
sector, meanwhile, continued to remain tense with the PLA personnel, who have come with
some dogs and vehicles, refusing to budge from
the area. After the flag meeting on Tuesday, India asked
China to revert to the status quo position in
Depsang Valley in Ladakh where troops of both
countries were in a face-to-face situation after
Indian military alleged that Chinese forces
intruded nearly 10km inside Indian territory. Apart from the flag meetings between the local
military commanders of the two countries, the
issue has also been taken up by the officials of
the Foreign Ministries under a working
mechanism that was established to address
problems faced by the two armies on the ground while patrolling the vast tracks of disputed
boundary. The incident has thrown out of gear a flurry of
engagements at the top between the two
countries before the planned visit of Chinese
Premier Li Keqiang's visit to New Delhi next
month. Li, who took over from Wen Jiabao last month,
chose India to be his first trip abroad as Prime
Minister to send a message of friendship as well
as importance China attached to improve
relations with New Delhi. From India, Li plans to go to Pakistan, China's all
weather ally. The new Pakistan government, which is
expected to be formed after elections next
month, is expected to be in place when his visit
take place.
http://www.timesofindia.com/india/N...ometres-inside-India/articleshow/19712917.cms
Activists of Jammu West Assembly Movement
shout slogans during a protest against the China's
intrusion into the Ladakh region in Jammu on
April 24, 2013. (PTI photo)
Chinese soldiers refuse to budge
from their occupied position in
Daulat Beg Oldi(DBO) sector in
Ladakh, two Chinese military
helicopters have violated Indian airspace at Chumar, several
hundred kilometres southeast of
Leh, adding to the prevailing
tension. The Chinese choppers
entered the Indian airspace on
April 21 and hovered over the area for quite sometime and
returned after dropping some
food cans, cigarette packets and
notes written in their local
language, official sources said
today. The incident happened five days
after a platoon-strength contingent of China's People's Liberation Army
(PLA) had come 10km inside the Indian territory
in Burthe in the DBO sector on the night of April
15 and established a tented post there. Chumar, which is about 300km from Leh,
provides another access to Aksai Chin, an area
which is under illegal occupation of China,
besides from DBO. After the incursion incident, Indo-Tibetan Border
Police, the border guarding force, has beefed up
its strength in the area and Army from the
nearby location had increased its surveillance. Last September, Chinese helicopters flew over
Chumar with some of its troops even getting
onto the ground. The troops destroyed bunkers
and old tents of the Indian Army before returning
to their own air space. The situation in the DBO
sector, meanwhile, continued to remain tense with the PLA personnel, who have come with
some dogs and vehicles, refusing to budge from
the area. After the flag meeting on Tuesday, India asked
China to revert to the status quo position in
Depsang Valley in Ladakh where troops of both
countries were in a face-to-face situation after
Indian military alleged that Chinese forces
intruded nearly 10km inside Indian territory. Apart from the flag meetings between the local
military commanders of the two countries, the
issue has also been taken up by the officials of
the Foreign Ministries under a working
mechanism that was established to address
problems faced by the two armies on the ground while patrolling the vast tracks of disputed
boundary. The incident has thrown out of gear a flurry of
engagements at the top between the two
countries before the planned visit of Chinese
Premier Li Keqiang's visit to New Delhi next
month. Li, who took over from Wen Jiabao last month,
chose India to be his first trip abroad as Prime
Minister to send a message of friendship as well
as importance China attached to improve
relations with New Delhi. From India, Li plans to go to Pakistan, China's all
weather ally. The new Pakistan government, which is
expected to be formed after elections next
month, is expected to be in place when his visit
take place.
http://www.timesofindia.com/india/N...ometres-inside-India/articleshow/19712917.cms
Activists of Jammu West Assembly Movement
shout slogans during a protest against the China's
intrusion into the Ladakh region in Jammu on
April 24, 2013. (PTI photo)
