The intrusion on China's part comes two years after the Doklam stand-off between the two nations was resolved. It also comes in the wake of celebrations of the Dalai Lama's birthday in the surronding areas.
Gokhale, who was in Bhutan on July 4-5, had an audience with King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, and called on Prime Minister Lotay Tshering. Later, the Bhutanese Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji hosted Foreign Secretary Gokhale for dinner. The visit of the Foreign Secretary was in keeping with the tradition of regular high-level exchanges between the two countries.
Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said that India and China had reached a consensus to make bilateral ties stable and break the cycle of highs and lows in the relations between the two countries.
India has been severely critical of the BRI as the USD 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is part of the BRI, passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The ties between India and China hit rock-bottom after both the sides were locked in a 73-day standoff in Doklam in the Sikkim sector of the border in 2017.
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The transgression took place on August 6, 14, and 15, sources said.
"Ye rishta kya kehlata hai?" BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said mockingly and added that Rahul Gandhi must explain his love for China.
"Doklam is not an isolated issue. It was a part of a sequence of events, it was a process. Prime Minister is episodic. He views Doklam as an event. If he was carefully watching the process, he could've stopped it," Rahul Gandhi said.
Chamling also said the state is working towards enhancing the quality of education in Sikkim.
New barracks and other improvements can let troops have enough rest and guarantee their quality of life so that they can work together with better morale, according to Song.
The Parliamentary Panel on External Affairs, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, felt that increasing the number of soldiers in North Doklam was important for safeguarding India's strategic interests in the region.
Military sources said the Army is aiming at saving nearly Rs 300 crore annually by indigenous production of these items which are, at present, sourced from countries like the US, Australia, Canada and Switzerland.
Alice G Wells, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, made these remarks while comparing Beijing’s actions in the Himalayan region with its manovers in the disputed South China Sea.
Indian and Chinese troops were involved in a 73-day stand-off at the Doklam tri-junction of India, Bhutan and China between June to August last year.
Prime Minister Modi in his keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia's premier defence and strategic affairs conference, last week had said that Asia and the world will have a better future when India and China work together with trust and confidence while being sensitive to each other's interests.
The minister said: "I am repeating again, at the Doklam faceoff site there is no change in the situation, status quo is continuing."
The mine project is being undertaken in Lhunze county under Chinese control adjacent to the Indian border, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet.
Swaraj also said that ten batches of 50 pilgrims each will go for tha Kailash Mansarovar Yatra this year.
Military trust between China and India is crucial to bilateral relations and demands patience and sincerity from both sides, experts were quoted as saying by the daily.
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