NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday blamed Beijing for failing to establish peace and tranquility between India and China, adding that situation in the border areas gets disturbed from time to time when PLA forces diverge from established patrolling patterns.The MEA’s remarks came after Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Director General Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor said the force’s newly raised Shaurya commando unit had demonstrated its capabilities during ongoing face-offs with China’s People’s Liberation Army at multiple locations in Arunachal Pradesh.“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,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, adding: “Both sides continue to use existing diplomatic and military mechanisms to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the Line of Actual Control,” he further said.
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Reiterating that maintenance of peace and tranquility in border areas is essential for the overall development of bilateral ties between India and China, Jaiswal said: “The two sides have also agreed to discuss ways to improve understanding of LAC in appropriate areas for better border management.”
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Earlier on Thursday, Kapoor said Shaurya commandos would be deployed in every border battalion as the force strengthens its combat readiness along the 3,488-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.The ITBP chief’s remarks came as the force steps up its modernisation drive, with a greater focus on emerging warfare technologies and specialised training.Addressing personnel at an ITBP base in Alwar, Rajasthan, ahead of the force’s 65th Raising Day on October 24, Kapoor said traditional methods of warfare were no longer sufficient to counter China, which he described as India’s “biggest adversary”.
