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India-China Border Face-Off Worsens As Delhi Welcomes Chinese President Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad on Wednesday (Reuters photo)
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping the latest incursions by his country's soldiers into Indian territory on Wednesday, the foreign ministry has said. 1,000 soldiers each from India and China are locked in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation at the border after the worst Chinese transgression in years, unusually at a time President Xi is in Delhi.
Top government sources say India will raise China's incursions more extensively during talks today.
Nearly 1,000 armed Chinese troops crossed about five km into Indian territory yesterday, intensifying a stare-down that has been building up in the past two weeks in Ladakh's Chumur sector.
India rushed reinforcements to Chumur after learning that the number of armed Chinese troops had spiked after the third such intrusion in a little over a week. A flag meeting between both sides ended late last night without any progress.
The standoff has cast a shadow on President Xi's visit to India, the first by a Chinese head of state in eight years.
The Chinese president began his three-day visit with a six-hour stop at PM Modi's Gujarat. Both leaders had a warm meeting in Ahmedabad, where they strolled down the Sabarmati riverfront and had dinner in a luxury tent by the river.
Sources say senior officials of the foreign and defence ministry are in talks with Beijing to defuse tension before PM Modi and President Xi get down to business today.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is reportedly monitoring the situation at the border.
The decades-old border dispute between the Asian rivals has surfaced with increasing frequency in the past two years.
In the latest instance, Chinese soldiers first entered almost a week ago at Chumur, which stands at the intersection of the international border and the Line of Actual Control or LAC. They allegedly brought in in heavy construction equipment and a large labour force to set up a road up to the border.
Perhaps to divert focus from Chumur, the Chinese objected to an irrigation canal being built by Indians at Demchock about 80 km away and sent hundreds of civilians to protest. The standoff at Demchock is now between Indian and Chinese civilians. 40 Chinese soldiers are also camping there.
Chinese President Xi Jinping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad on Wednesday (Reuters photo)
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping the latest incursions by his country's soldiers into Indian territory on Wednesday, the foreign ministry has said. 1,000 soldiers each from India and China are locked in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation at the border after the worst Chinese transgression in years, unusually at a time President Xi is in Delhi.
Top government sources say India will raise China's incursions more extensively during talks today.
Nearly 1,000 armed Chinese troops crossed about five km into Indian territory yesterday, intensifying a stare-down that has been building up in the past two weeks in Ladakh's Chumur sector.
India rushed reinforcements to Chumur after learning that the number of armed Chinese troops had spiked after the third such intrusion in a little over a week. A flag meeting between both sides ended late last night without any progress.
The standoff has cast a shadow on President Xi's visit to India, the first by a Chinese head of state in eight years.
The Chinese president began his three-day visit with a six-hour stop at PM Modi's Gujarat. Both leaders had a warm meeting in Ahmedabad, where they strolled down the Sabarmati riverfront and had dinner in a luxury tent by the river.
Sources say senior officials of the foreign and defence ministry are in talks with Beijing to defuse tension before PM Modi and President Xi get down to business today.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is reportedly monitoring the situation at the border.
The decades-old border dispute between the Asian rivals has surfaced with increasing frequency in the past two years.
In the latest instance, Chinese soldiers first entered almost a week ago at Chumur, which stands at the intersection of the international border and the Line of Actual Control or LAC. They allegedly brought in in heavy construction equipment and a large labour force to set up a road up to the border.
Perhaps to divert focus from Chumur, the Chinese objected to an irrigation canal being built by Indians at Demchock about 80 km away and sent hundreds of civilians to protest. The standoff at Demchock is now between Indian and Chinese civilians. 40 Chinese soldiers are also camping there.
