A year after the Doklam standoff, top defence officials of India and China have agreed on the importance of maintaining peace in the border areas while implementing the consensus reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at Wuhan.

India, China agree on importance of maintaining peace along border

Last year, India and China were engaged in a 73-day standoff at Doklam in the Sikkim sector

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A media report on Sunday said Chinese authorities was engaging in "large scale" mining operations after discovering huge reserves of gold, silver and other minerals on its side of the border with Arunachal Pradesh. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as "southern Tibet".

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According to an official statement, the meeting was organised to "build trust between the two armies deployed at the border."

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Gandhi said, 'The Chinese are aggressively pursuing militarisation in Doklam. Despite this, all that PM Modi does is hold a 'no agenda' meeting with the Chinese President

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"The boundary incident that happened (at Doklam) last year someway reflected lack of mutual trust between the two countries," Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou told the media when asked about the Doklam standoff.

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China's latest move comes after Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held talks with the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval last Friday.

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China and India are engaged in consultation and negotiation to resolve border issues and pursue a fair and just solution that can be accepted by the both sides.

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The Indian Army said the area in the upper Subansiri region of Arunachal Pradesh belongs to India and it has regularly been carrying out patrols there.

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Troops of India and China were previously locked in a 73-day-long standoff in Doklam from June 16 last year

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A group of Chinese infrastructure including new People's Liberation Army (PLA) camp was seen along the LAC in the eastern state

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The Asian giants were locked in a 73-day military face off in a remote, high-altitude stretch of their disputed border last year, with, at one point, soldiers from the two sides throwing punches and stones at each other.

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The officials also reviewed the data utilisation report upon provision of hydrological information provided by China to India in flood season on Brahmaputra and Sutlej Rivers.

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Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sithraman has assured that the government was constantly working on the modernisation of the forces

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Gautam Bambawale said though 'no change' has taken place in the standoff site at Doklam after it was resolved last year

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India and China were engaged in a battle of nerves over Doklam last year with troops from both countries set on high alert

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China has always employed a tone that resembles an older, patronising relative towards a poor country cousin — in this case, India

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PLA constructing sentry posts, trenches and helipads in Doklam area to maintain troops during winter, Sitharaman said.

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A reconciliation between China and India will reduce Chinese security concerns over land as well as in the Indian Ocean, a big strategic take away which China desperately needs.

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The visit came after reports from intelligence agencies that soldiers from China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) were seen patrolling areas which are under Bhutan's control

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