‘Maintenance of Peace in Border Area Essential’: MEA Clarifies Position on Reported Face-Offs With PLA in Arunachal

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New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday clarified the government’s position after DG ITBP Shatrujeet Kapoor was reported to have spoken of continuing PLA face-offs in Arunachal Pradesh. The MEA in its briefing on Friday said, “Insofar as the specifics are concerned, I would refer you to the Ministry of Defence. As we have noted in the past, the situation in the India-China border areas gets disturbed from time to time when Chinese forces diverge from established patrolling patterns. Both sides continue to use existing diplomatic and military mechanisms to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation…

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