China Disputes Indian Version of 2012 Understanding on Border Tri-junction
Senior Chinese diplomat also said that though Indian troops levels at the stand-off point are down to 40, “even if there is one single soldier in Doklam, that is a violation of Chinese territory and that is intolerable.”
Have you set a deadline for the withdrawal of Indian troops?
We don’t want to wait for another single day, single hour. Even one hour. We demand Indian troops to withdraw immediately. I am sure you understand the meaning of ‘immediately’ in English, Hindi or Chinese. I want to point that Indian side has an approach that is undisciplined, unreasonable and without any regard to consequences.
It is very risky and harmful to China’s interests. Indian side should rethink its approach, which does not have good impact on any country in the region.
I want to draw an analogy to the situation. What happened in Doklam is like you know somebody intruding the house of a neighbour and acting very wildly and staying there. After that he is asking for reciprocal withdrawal of both sides. So what India did is to turn a titled property of another person into a disputed or frozen property. So actually the owner of the property, the guy’s neighbour, is entitled to take any actions…
I just want to clarify one thing, you asked the deadline for consequences and you also mentioned the military action…. no such military action is mentioned in relation to serious consequences from the Chinese side.
But let me add something. On August 1, in the celebration of 90th anniversary of founding of PLA, President Xi Jinping said that there are many options available for China to safeguard peace, security… but the military option is the fundamental guarantee.
Did the Royal Bhutanese troops speak to the Chinese soldiers building road on June 16 and asked them to stop their construction activity?
What happened between China and Bhutan has nothing to do with India.