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India and China agree to end border standoff

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Blablurn

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NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) - India and China have agreed to an “expeditious disengagement” of troops in a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in a stand-off for more than two months, India’s foreign ministry said on Monday.

The decision comes ahead of a summit of the BRICS nations - a grouping that also includes Brazil, Russia and South Africa - in China next month, which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend.

Indian and Chinese troops have been confronting each other at the Doklam plateau near the borders of India, its ally Bhutan and China, in the most serious and prolonged standoff in decades along their disputed Himalayan border.

The Indian ministry said the two sides had agreed to defuse the crisis following diplomatic talks.

“In recent weeks, India and China have maintained diplomatic communication in respect of the incident at Doklam,” the ministry said in a statement.

“On this basis, expeditious disengagement of border personnel at the face-off site at Doklam has been agreed to and is on-going,” it said in a statement.

It did not offer more details of the terms of disengagement from the area which had raised fears of a wider conflict between the Asian giants who fought a brief border war in 1962.

China said Indian troops had withdrawn from the remote area in the eastern Himalayas. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Chinese troops would continue to patrol the Doklam region.

“China will continue to exercise sovereignty rights to protect territorial sovereignty in accordance with the rules of the historical boundary,” she said.

India and China have been unable to settle their 3,500-km (2,175-mile) frontier and large parts of territory are claimed by both sides.

“China hopes India respects the historical boundary and works with China to protect peace along the border on the basis of mutual respect of each other’s sovereignty,” Hua added.

The trouble started in June when India sent troops to stop China building a road in the Doklam area, which is remote, uninhabited territory claimed by both China and Bhutan.

India said it sent its troops because Chinese military activity there was a threat to the security of its own northeast region.

But China has said India had no role to play in the area and insisted it withdraw unilaterally or face the prospect of an escalation. Chinese state media had warned India of a fate worse than its crushing defeat in the war in 1962.

Indian political commentator Shekhar Gupta said there was too much at stake for the two countries to fight over a small piece of territory.

"Hopefully, Doklam is a new chapter in India-China relations. Too much at stake for both big powers to let legacy real-estate issues linger," he said in a Twitter post.
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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-china-idUSKCN1B80II
 
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Oriel

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Well they were hardly going to start a nuclear war in Asia. This was always going to be the outcome.
 
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Pancake Mix

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Auto_aim1 said:
Don't back down against China. Period.
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Yup. This sets a bad precedent.

Not like Bhutan can defend their sovereignty, they relied on Indian support which is now (effectively) gone.

China is an expansionist (economically and politically) superpower.
 
kittoo

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EleventhHourSuperpower said:
Yup. This sets a bad precedent.

Not like Bhutan can defend their sovereignty, they relied on Indian support which is now (effectively) gone.

China is an expansionist (economically and politically) superpower.
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Whats giving you the impression that India backed down? Both decided to withdraw their troops, while China was asking India earlier to withdraw its troops since it was 'Chinese territory'.
And looks like sure as heck China isnt going to build any road or such there, which was the bone of contention.
So looks like at the end of the day India's demands were agreed to, while giving China enough to save face too.
As far as Bhutan is concerned, India is bound by treaty to come to its aid. There are thousands of Indian troops in Bhutan. They are going nowhere.
 
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Pancake Mix

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kittoo said:
Whats giving you the impression that India backed down? Both decided to withdraw their troops, while China was asking India earlier to withdraw its troops since it was 'Chinese territory'.
And looks like sure as heck China isnt going to build any road or such there, which was the bone of contention.
So looks like at the end of the day India's demands were agreed to, while giving China enough to save face too.
As far as Bhutan is concerned, India is bound by treaty to come to its aid. There are thousands of Indian troops in Bhutan. They are going nowhere.
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Did you read it?

China said Indian troops had withdrawn from the remote area in the eastern Himalayas.

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Chinese troops would continue to patrol the Doklam region.
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China's not backing down one inch... China could easily continue building that road as they'll remain in the Doklam region of Bhutan. Only India is leaving that specific region of Bhutan.
 
kittoo

kittoo

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EleventhHourSuperpower said:
Did you read it?



China's not backing down one inch... China could easily continue building that road as they'll remain in the Doklam region of Bhutan. Only India is leaving that specific region of Bhutan.
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The Chinese and Bhutanese both used to patrol the area before. That is not new or wasnt the issue. The issue was the road, which India bulldozed earlier. This will not be built and both troops will withdraw to their earlier position. Chinese and Bhutanese will patrol it, yes, while Indian troops will be where they were earlier- overlooking the area. The road is not going to be built. That was the whole point.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...t-from-face-off-site/articleshow/60262735.cms

NEW DELHI: In a diplomatic victory, India and China have agreed to "disengage"+ from the stand-off in Doklam on Bhutanese territory.

After almost 10 weeks of sustained negotiations between top-level Indian and Chinese officials, the MEA on Monday said "expeditious disengagement of border personnel at the face-off site at Doklam has been agreed to and is on-going."

By the end of the day, as Indian troops withdrew from their post at Doka La, Chinese troops and their road-building equipment too were removed from the face-off site. The standoff has been on since June 16 when Indian troops physically stopped the PLA from building a road on Doklam plateau. In a second statement at the end of the day, MEA confirmed that both sides had moved out "under verification."
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