NEW DELHI, Jun 30: The India of 2017 is different from what it was in 1962, Union defence minister Arun Jaitley asserted on Friday, hitting out at China for asking the Indian Army to learn from “historical lessons”.

A day after China’s oblique reference to the war the two countries had fought 55 years ago, the defence minister also said the current standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in the Sikkim sector was triggered by Beijing.

Bhutan, he added, had made it clear that the land in question belonged to it.

The genesis of the flashpoint was China’s attempts to build a road in the strategically key area of Donglong. Its link to the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction could give China a major military advantage over India.

The Indian Army had blocked construction of the road by China in Donglong, a disputed territory between China and Bhutan.

A 220km section of the 3,488km India-China border from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh falls in Sikkim. Officials said China had removed an old bunker of the Indian Army in Donglong by using a bulldozer after the Indian side refused to accede to its request, triggering the present troubles.

 

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Kenter Joya Riba

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