There is a stand off between the armies of India and China in the Doklam area in the Sikkim sector, where Indian troops stopped Chinese soldiers from constructing a road on June 16.
The current stand-off between India and China in Sikkim is different from those in the recent past in terms of its duration, strategic implications, and the potential for escalation - factors that have prompted the NDA government to convene an all-party meeting on Friday evening. Terming India and Pakistan important South Asian countries, Beijing noted that the "situation in Kashmir has attracted the attention of the worldwide community".
"We estimate India now operates seven nuclear-capable systems: two aircraft, four land-based ballistic missiles, and one sea-based ballistic missile", the article said.
The two Asian powers are now engaged in a border standoff over Beijing's One Belt One Road initiative - a trade corridor to connect China with Pakistan - which has run into controversy because of the proposed route plan that includes disputed areas. "Embassies are there in both the countries and those channels will continue to be used", the MEA official said. Azad also said that all opposition parties have assured the government that when it comes to territorial integrity of the country they all stand united. China says India is using the road-building to cross over their border.
The first Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit between India and Bhutan was signed in 1972.
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"The Modi government must realise that there is no alternative to settling the recurring disagreements on the border except through negotiations", the editorial said. In the border talks both sides had started working on the possibility of China dropping its claim on Arunachal Pradesh for India allowing it to retain Aksai Chin.
"Within the country, the Modi government has increased the profile of the Dalai Lama and the so-called Tibetan provisional government (which) are serious irritants for China".
The People's Daily piece and the statements from the Chinese foreign ministry in the last two weeks, have rung alarm bells atop Raisina Hill.
The two neighbours, which fought a war over the border in 1962, have a festering dispute along several areas of their 4,000km border. At least two other longer-range Agni missiles are under development known as the Agni-4 and Agni-5, it said. "Those channels will continue to be used", External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Gopal Baglay said when asked about the almost month-long stand off in Doklam.
Regarding the standoff over Doklam, he said Bhutan has been negotiating with China directly on its border issues since 1984.
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