NEW DELHI: After dismissing media reports of Chinese incursions along their disputed border, India’s National Security Adviser MK Narayanan has convened a meeting of senior officials today (Thursday) to formulate an appropriate response to what is widely considered hostile posturing by Beijing.
The meeting, to be chaired by Narayanan, is likely to be attended by Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar, Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar, Home Secretary GK Pillai and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao. Sources said the meeting would scrutinise nature of the Chinese incursions and its wider ramifications for bilateral relations. The meeting comes after reports of a large-scale war game, involving 50,000 troops, launched by the Chinese Army, that is aimed at improving Beijing’s ability to deploy troops in Tibet whenever reinforcements are required. In response, the Indian Army has mobilised its troops to forward posts in Jammu and Kashmir and along the northeast border with China in an exercise named Operation Alert, a senior defence official confirmed on Wednesday. iftikhar gilani (DAILY TIMES)
The meeting, to be chaired by Narayanan, is likely to be attended by Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar, Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar, Home Secretary GK Pillai and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao. Sources said the meeting would scrutinise nature of the Chinese incursions and its wider ramifications for bilateral relations. The meeting comes after reports of a large-scale war game, involving 50,000 troops, launched by the Chinese Army, that is aimed at improving Beijing’s ability to deploy troops in Tibet whenever reinforcements are required. In response, the Indian Army has mobilised its troops to forward posts in Jammu and Kashmir and along the northeast border with China in an exercise named Operation Alert, a senior defence official confirmed on Wednesday. iftikhar gilani (DAILY TIMES)
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