World · East Asia & Pacific · 1 hr ago
India-China border face-offs continue in Arunachal Pradesh
India’s border force chief says face-offs with Chinese troops continue at several locations in Arunachal Pradesh, a state in northeastern India.
Shatrujeet Kapur, who leads the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, made the remarks at a ceremony last week.
The confrontations are reported in Upper Subansiri, a remote area along the disputed Himalayan border.
India and China have long disagreed over where their border lies, with China rejecting the McMahon Line that India treats as its boundary.
The latest standoffs come six years after a deadly clash in Ladakh in which at least 20 Indian troops were killed.
The reports test a cautious thaw in ties, as leaders have recently pursued closer relations even while border tensions persist.
India has not confirmed the nature of the latest tensions, and talks between the two countries on the border dispute are due to begin.
India’s paramilitary border force chief says face-offs with Chinese troops continue at multiple locations along the Arunachal Pradesh border.
Shatrujeet Kapur said the confrontations were still ongoing during a military ceremony last week.
The reported face-offs are in a region at the centre of a long-running border dispute between India and China.
The renewed tensions test a cautious thaw in relations between the two countries.
India has not confirmed the nature of the current border tensions, according to Al Jazeera.
- Who
- Indian forces and Chinese troops are involved. The ongoing confrontations were reported by Shatrujeet Kapur, chief of India’s Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
- What
- Face-offs are continuing at multiple locations along the border.
- When
- Kapur spoke last week, at a ceremony on Thursday, according to SCMP.
- Where
- Arunachal Pradesh, in northeastern India. Al Jazeera reports face-offs in the remote Upper Subansiri region.
- Why
- Not stated
India
China
Border claim
India
India treats the McMahon Line as its border with China.
China
China rejects the McMahon Line and claims the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Territory
India
India regards Arunachal Pradesh as part of India.
China
China refers to Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet or Zangnan.
British India and Tibet signed the Simla Convention, demarcating their border.
A clash in the remote Upper Subansiri region killed at least two Indian soldiers.
India and China agreed to treat the Line of Actual Control as their de facto boundary.
ITBP chief Shatrujeet Kapur said face-offs continued at multiple locations along the Arunachal Pradesh border.
- Border force
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police
- ITBP chief
- Shatrujeet Kapur
- Reported locations
- Multiple sites along the Arunachal Pradesh border
- Reported region
- Upper Subansiri
- India-China border length
- 3,500 kilometres (2,200 miles)
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What people are saying
In the past few days, a situation arose where face-off[s] happened at several locations in Arunachal and it still continues