Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat praised the Indian Army, saying that the circumstances under which they protect the border, it is rarely seen. General Rawat completed one year as Chief of Defense Staff on Saturday. On this occasion, he visited forward military bases along the China border in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
Recently, China has started reaching out to areas adjacent to Arunachal after Ladakh. In such a situation, this visit of Bipin Rawat is considered very important. In fact, China has completed the laying of rail tracks on December 31 to connect Lhasa and Nayingshi cities of Tibet near the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Sichuan-Tibet Railway starts from Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan Province, and enters Tibet via Yan and via Chhamdo. The time taken by this train to travel between Chengdu and Lhasa has been reduced from 48 hours to 13 hours. Construction of this rail route connecting Lhasa, the capital of Tibet and Nayingshi, in eastern Tibet began in 2014.
On the other hand, the ongoing dispute with China over the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is yet to come to an end. Several rounds of talks at the diplomatic and military levels have also failed to resolve the dispute.
However, both countries are committed to resolving the border dispute and the ninth round of talks is expected to take place soon.
Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Tan Kafei Tan said in an online media briefing on Thursday that the forces of India and China Since the eighth round of Corps Commander level talks between the two sides, the two sides have continued to discuss the withdrawal of troops stationed on the front. ( PTK )
