As long as the road construction equipment leaves and stays gone, you can maintain any patrol presence you want. That after all is the status quo that was in place (given this land is in dispute between Bhutan and China, i.e agree to disagree and send patrols now and then) before China decided to upset it with attempted road construction.
Sat geo-verification of withdrawal by China of this equipment and personnel will be incoming over the coming weeks. Same goes for this claim of "garrisons" to be maintained there. You don't "control" squat....its back to status quo....and the full finger is dominated on all sides by India (its how we will physically monitor that the status quo is back along with satellite pictures). That's all India was asking for and what we got. Now go ahead and work on resolving this dispute bilaterally with Bhutan before you attempt a status quo change next time.
The end result is that China will never construct a road here, and investing into a 2 month+ drama and chest thumping was insufficient to force its way on the issue. Send a few patrols if you want, that was part of status quo inherited anyway.
Where is any statement from China stating that China will not construct a road ?The end result is that China will never construct a road here, and investing into a 2 month+ drama and chest thumping was insufficient to force its way on the issue. Send a few patrols if you want, that was part of status quo inherited anyway.
That road to nowhere is not that important that China need to build it in hostile weather from September onwards.
Unfortunately we will have to wait until next June before the weather will permit construction to start again, giving delusional and braggart Indians a lot of time to brag about victory where there is only shame and lost of faith with Bhutan.
China will now have a freer hand with Bhutan now that India has lost credibility.
A border resolution between China and Bhutan will confirm that India has lost its hold over Bhutan.
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