India: China incursion can be resolved peacefully
April 23, 2013 15:05
MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin addressing the media on reports of China violating Indian airspace. He says similar incidents have happened in the past and have been resolved peacefully. "It is a localised event and there are different perceptions on the LAC. The flag meeting is underway between military commanders on both sides."
Days after reports surfaced that the Chinese troops had intruded 10
kilometres deep inside Indian territory in Ladakh and set up a tented
post there, the Indian Army has moved in more troops in the region.
A
leading English daily on Tuesday reported that an infantry regiment of
the Army specialising in mountain warfare has been sent to Daulat Beg
Oldi sector in Ladakh.
The Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP) is also reported to have erected a tent post near the one
set up by the Chinese troops, who are reported to have intruded inside
the Indian territory on April 15.
While the
government has sought not to play up the issue in public, insiders say
the leadership is worried as situation is tense. This
is not the first time that Chinese troops have come deep inside the
Indian territory. Such intrusions have taken place in the past too,
across the Line of Actual Control.
A second flag meeting between the two Armies on the latest incident will be held today. Army Chief General Bikram Singh is set to begin his two-day visit of Jammu and Kashmir today.