Thursday, August 02, 2007

China Talking Tough About Bunker On Nathula Border

Photo:After border differences over Arunachal Pradesh with India, China is again talking tough with India. This time over Indian bunkers along the Sikkim border.
After border differences over Arunachal Pradesh with India, China is again talking tough with India. This time over Indian bunkers along the Sikkim border.
The bone of contention are two bunkers in Dokala area of Sikkim, which intelligence sources say Beijing has now demanded that they be removed. The two bunkers are said to be a the Sino-Indian border close to the tri-junction of Sikkim, West Bengal and Bhutan.
But defence sources informs that the confusion over whether Indian bunkers are on Chinese territory has arisen due to a 'difference in perception' about the Actual Line of Control'. The bunkers are located in Dokala, on the Sikkim Bhutan border. The Chinese Premier's visit in 2005, had the then Premier Wen Jiabao, accepting that Sikkim was an intergral part of India.The new dispute in Sikkim comes in the wake of exchange of words between Beijing and New Delhi over te presence of Chinese troops in the Tawang area, which India claims is an intergral part of Arunachal Pradesh.
Meanwhile it has been learnt that the People's Liberation Army has asked for a special flag meeting with the Indian Army to discuss the issue. The dates however has not been agreed upon yet.