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Leh/New Delhi: Chinese troops have erected one
more tent in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in
Ladakh raising to five the number of such
structures in the area of incursion, as the standoff
between India and China on Monday entered the
third week. With China showing no signs of withdrawing its
troops from the Indian territory, Sources said
efforts to break the impasse over the incursion
are yielding no results because of its insistence
that some bunkers constructed by India at a key
vantage point be dismantled. China is understood to have laid down this
condition before the Indian side for pulling back
from the place 19 Km inside the Indian territory
in DBO where around 50 troops have been
camping for the last over two weeks, sources
said. The Government is seized of this issue at the
meetings of the China Study Group headed by the
National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon
and including Secretaries of key Ministries such
as Defence, Home and External Affairs, sources
said. The rigidity shown by the Chinese over its
demand is also one of the reasons behind more
Flag meetings between the two sides not being
held for over a week, they said. Sources said the vantage point is at a junction
between two mountains in Ladakh area from
where the Indian troops could remain unseen
and oversee the activities of the Chinese troops in
that area. After the Chinese troops observed the Indian
position there due to the movement of vehicles
and soldiers, they intruded into Indian territory
on April 15 to press for their demands, the
sources said. The vantage point is at a location which is
claimed by both sides as their territory, they said. The sources also said Chinese soldiers are getting
continued supplies from trucks and light vehicles
from its side of the border. According to a detailed report from the site of
incursion, the additional tent has come up after
three failed Flag meetings between Indian and
Chinese Armies at Chashul.
As the government came under opposition attack
on the incursion issue, Congress said it is well aware of the situation in Ladakh. "As and when
an appropriate action is necessary, the
government will take it," Congress spokesperson
Sandip Dikshit said. He also emphasized that war is not an option in
such scenarios. External Affairs Minister Salman
Khurshid, who is in Moscow, said this was not
the time for scoring points but for speaking in
one voice.
http://www.zeenews.com/news.aspx?id=845508
more tent in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in
Ladakh raising to five the number of such
structures in the area of incursion, as the standoff
between India and China on Monday entered the
third week. With China showing no signs of withdrawing its
troops from the Indian territory, Sources said
efforts to break the impasse over the incursion
are yielding no results because of its insistence
that some bunkers constructed by India at a key
vantage point be dismantled. China is understood to have laid down this
condition before the Indian side for pulling back
from the place 19 Km inside the Indian territory
in DBO where around 50 troops have been
camping for the last over two weeks, sources
said. The Government is seized of this issue at the
meetings of the China Study Group headed by the
National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon
and including Secretaries of key Ministries such
as Defence, Home and External Affairs, sources
said. The rigidity shown by the Chinese over its
demand is also one of the reasons behind more
Flag meetings between the two sides not being
held for over a week, they said. Sources said the vantage point is at a junction
between two mountains in Ladakh area from
where the Indian troops could remain unseen
and oversee the activities of the Chinese troops in
that area. After the Chinese troops observed the Indian
position there due to the movement of vehicles
and soldiers, they intruded into Indian territory
on April 15 to press for their demands, the
sources said. The vantage point is at a location which is
claimed by both sides as their territory, they said. The sources also said Chinese soldiers are getting
continued supplies from trucks and light vehicles
from its side of the border. According to a detailed report from the site of
incursion, the additional tent has come up after
three failed Flag meetings between Indian and
Chinese Armies at Chashul.
As the government came under opposition attack
on the incursion issue, Congress said it is well aware of the situation in Ladakh. "As and when
an appropriate action is necessary, the
government will take it," Congress spokesperson
Sandip Dikshit said. He also emphasized that war is not an option in
such scenarios. External Affairs Minister Salman
Khurshid, who is in Moscow, said this was not
the time for scoring points but for speaking in
one voice.
http://www.zeenews.com/news.aspx?id=845508