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16:21, 03-Aug-2017
Proof land belongs to China in stand-off with India - says Chinese Ministry
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China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday revealed documents which they say prove that the territory currently under dispute in the Donglang area definitively belongs to China.
China and India have now been embroiled in a military stand-off close to the Bhutan–China border for several weeks. The Chinese Foreign Ministry exhibited historical documents which they say show the territory belongs to China.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry noted that according to the 1890 Convention between Britain and China, the Donglang area is indisputably Chinese territory.
According to the Chinese Ministry Indian troops clearly crossed the China-Indian border, pledging to help its neighbor Bhutan, a landlocked state in the Himalayas. The incident occurred while China was constructing a road in the Donglang area near the Sikkim section of the boundary.
New Delhi has since refused to fully withdraw its troops, despite repeated calls from Beijing to do so. The Chinese Ministry said the unauthorized crossing of such a delimited boundary is a “very serious incident,” adding that India is in no position to interfere with Bhutan's internal issues.
Over 270 Indian troops crossed the Sikkim sector of the China-India border in mid-June as viewed by the Chinese Ministry. And as of the end of July, over 40 members of the Indian military and one piece of heavy earth-moving equipment remained in Chinese territory.
Meanwhile, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi earlier said the solution is simple, “That is India should immediately and without condition withdraw its troops from China’s Donglang area.”