Presence of Chinese Troops With Weapons at LAC a Critical Security Challenge: Jaishankar
India-China Relationship of Over 30 Years, Is Now “Profoundly Disturbed, Due to Behaviour of Chinese Troops on Ladakh Border" S Jaishankar Said.
NEW DELHI : Behaviour of Chinese troops on the Ladakh border is a sharp departure from a course of relationship over 30 years, and has left the relationship between India and China “profoundly disturbed, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said. The violent clashes have also had a very deep public and political impact, the minister said, while speaking at a virtual event hosted by the Asia Society. Indian and Chinese troops clashed in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh on June 15, that left 20 Indian soldiers dead. China has not officially acknowledged the number of casualties on its side. Talks between India and China are going on; do not want to prejudge: Jaishankar Jaishankar said India has built the relationship with China over the last 30 years on the basis of peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control. He said there are multiple agreements, starting from 1993, which created the framework for peace and tranquillity, limited the military forces that came to the border areas, an…