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Doval meets Xi
July 28, 2017
Amid the Doklam standoff between India and China, Indian National Security
Adviser Ajit Doval arrived in Beijing yesterday to attend the BRICS
NSA's meeting on July 27-28. Doval met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, along with other BRICS High Representatives.
The latest standoff between two
nuclear armed countries started when China started building a motorable
road in Doklam area near Sikkim on June 16. India as well as Bhutan have
raised strong objection to the Chinese aggression on the border.
China on June 26 alleged that Indian troops crossed the boundary line in the Sikkim sector of the China-India boundary.
Since then there is a tension between two countries.
India
on June 30 told China that its attempt to construct a road in the
Doklam area in Bhutan will cause a "significant change of status quo",
is a "violation of a 2012 understanding", and will lead to "serious
security implications."
However, given the Chinese stand on
Doval's visit, it is not likely that the Indian NSA would be holding
parleys with Chinese officials to cool-off the simmering tensions on
India-China border.
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