Doklam standoff: Engage in direct dialogue to reduce tension, US tells China, India
2017-07-23 09:35:16 source：India Today
July 22, 2017
India and China should engage in direct
dialogue free of any "coercive aspects" to reduce the tension over a
military standoff in Dokalam, the Pentagon has said. Chinese and
Indian soldiers have been locked in a face-off in Dokalam area in the
southernmost part of Tibet in an area also claimed by Indian ally Bhutan
for over a month after Indian troops stopped the Chinese army from
building a road in the disputed area. "We encourage India and
China to engage in direct dialogue aimed at reducing tensions and free
of any coercive aspects," Gary Ross, a Defence Department spokesman told
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