Indian, Chinese troops in Doklam, but not in eyeball-to- eyeball contact
November 03, 2017 23:26
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said today that both Indian and Chinese troops were present in Doklam, but were not in an "eyeball-to-eyeball" contact.
General Rawat said there had been a disengagement of troops of both countries in Doklam, where the two sides were locked in a stand-off that ended in August.
"There has been a disengagement on the condition that we will both disengage so that there is no face-to-face contact. So, that disengagement has taken place," he said.
"The People's Liberation Army is still at Doklam, but they are at a reasonable distance from us and we are not in eyeball-to-eyeball contact," the army chief said.
There was a military stand-off between India and China at Doklam on the tri-junction of the Indian, Chinese and Bhutanese borders but it had ended after 71 days in August.