NEW DELHI: India’s focus on improving infrastructure in the border areas with China since 2014 had meant more contestations and counter-patrolling with the Indian military now able to deploy and tackle efficiently any Chinese movement, foreign minister S Jaishankar said Monday. The minister said there had been a fourfold increase in India’s spending on border infrastructure since 2014.
Significantly, ahead of a possible bilateral meeting between PM Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping later this month, Jaishankar also underlined the fact that the 2 sides were still talking to resolve the military standoff in the remaining areas in eastern Ladakh and had managed to find “some solution” to 5-6 tense friction points including Galwan, Gogra Hot Springs and Pangong.
