Chinese defense ministry demands immediate withdrawal of Indian troops

China said India should not make territorial claims on Bhutan’s behalf in the Doklam standoff even as it maintained that it valued good neighbourly and friendly relations with New Delhi and to keep peace on the border. The diplomatic channels are working with China. China has big investments in India. “But we should not only listen to its words but also heed its deeds”, Geng said in the statement.

Also in July, the Chinese military staged massive live-fire drills in Tibet, lying in proximity to the Doklam plateau.

“A full and accurate account of that letter would have also brought out that Prime Minister Nehru’s assertion was clearly based on the boundary alignment as shown in our Indian published maps”. Peace and tranquillity with China is important. The PM has let our differences not turn into disputes.

“How can the Congress ask us to not oppose the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor ( CPEC)?”

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Swaraj said the government, however, did not wait for the opposition to seek details on the Doklam stand-off and itself reached out with an exhaustive briefing for leaders of various parties.

“Under such circumstances, instead of deeply reflecting on its mistakes, the Indian side fabricated such sheer fallacies as the so-called “security concerns”, the “issue of tri-junction” and “at the request of Bhutan” as excuses to justify its wrongdoing”, it said. “Entire Kashmir is ours”, she added.

She added saying terror and talk can not go on together, adding that the day terror stops, talks will start. “We are even friends with both Israel and Palestine”, she said, talking about how many people claimed New Delhi’s growing closeness with Israel is coming at the cost of the Palestinian cause.

Speaking on Pakistan, she said for the first time after the Pathankot attack, Pakistan did not go to denial.

She said India’s position was articulated in statement issued by External Affairs Ministry June 30.

“Our stance remains the same on climate change”.

Swaraj also took the opposition’s charge – levelled by Sharma, CPM’s Sitaram Yechury, SP’s Ram Gopal Yadav, BSP’s S C Mishra and Trinamool’s Derek O’Brien – that India has been isolated in its neighbourhood.

Swaraj began the speech praising Modi.

“You can not say that we did not extend the hand of friendship with Pakistan”, she added. “We were first to help Nepal during natural disaster”.

“China and Bhutan are friendly neighbours”. Statements made by some MPs contradict facts.

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Overall, she said India’s ties with neighbors were good, as were its relationships with the U.S., Russian Federation and other major countries. “Bhutan is our dearest friend”. We had invited prime ministers of all the neighbouring countries and all came.

He said, “The Chinese side was convinced that the right could not be wronged and justice would prevail”. “Oppn should have taken Govt’s view before meet”.

China’s rebuttal on Thursday was unusually scathing and acerbic.

Initiating the debate, Congress’ deputy leader Anand Sharma said that “unless we manage our neighbours correctly, it would be hard or rather impossible to play a major role globally”.