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India, China Army Officers Likely to Meet Today Amid Troop Build-up
The Indian Army is on high alert along the entire 3,488-km border with China.
Updated on: August 11, 2017, 2:44 PM IST
Shreya Dhoundial , CNN-News18
New Delhi: Senior army officials from India and China are likely to meet in Nathu La on Friday amid a troop and armament build-up along the 3,488-km border between the two countries.
While no breakthrough is expected in the seven-week-long standoff at Doklam, the meeting hints at the fact that communication lines between the two armies are open at a local level.
Top sources told CNN-News18 that the entire border with China — along Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand — is being closely monitored.
The Sukhna-based 33 Corps has advanced its annual war exercise operation alert by six weeks to ensure that its troops are acclimatised in case a skirmish breaks out. The movement is a comprehensive one that includes both men and required armament.
The 4 Corps based in Tawang and 3 Corps based in Dimapur have been put on alert as well. All the three Corps together man the area from the Siliguri Corridor to the end of Arunachal Pradesh.