India’s Home Minister said New Delhi had succeeded in countering Chinese aggression, although China tried to cause a repeat of the 1962 war between the two countries during the 2020 border dispute.
In an unusual move, Amit Shah made the comments in Lok Sabha, India’s lower house, while assessing New Delhi’s performance during the coronavirus pandemic and discussing other related issues. China and India fought a bloody war in 1962 over the disputed 2,100-mile Line of Actual Control (LAC), which has shaped the bilateral relationship between the two countries with vast populations and vitally important economies ever since. .
The two countries have been locked in a bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh since 2020, with thousands of soldiers from both countries still stationed in the frigid Himalayan region. On June 15, 2020, soldiers exchanged blows that left 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese soldiers dead.
“During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, China showed its true face as in 1962. We will stand firm against it and ensure that we do not lose an inch of land,” Shah told Parliament on Saturday. There wasn’t,” he said.
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The United States has come to see New Delhi as a bulwark against Beijing’s aggressive posture toward its Indo-Pacific neighbors. The US State Department recently approved the sale of 31 MQ-9 Reaper drones to India, which could be deployed along the border with China to increase surveillance of the disputed border. Reuters reported on February 1 that it was high.
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India seeks a restoration of the status quo prior to April 2020, when PLA soldiers were deployed in forward positions along the LAC.
Meanwhile, Beijing has downplayed ongoing tensions between the two countries, urging New Delhi to put aside the current border tensions and consider the broader bilateral relationship.
“It is unwise and inappropriate for the Indian side to link the border issue with the relationship in general. This approach is against the common interests of both countries,” Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Colonel Wu Qian recently told reporters in Beijing. Ta.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in June 2020 that China does not occupy any territory, amid ongoing controversy over New Delhi’s incursions into territory.
“They have not invaded our borders and no posts have been captured by them (China). Twenty of our jawans have been martyred, but those who bravely challenged Bharat Mata… We have learned our lesson,” PM Modi said.to Hindustan Times June 19, 2020.
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