Breaking: India-China End Doklam Standoff

                               by David Parmer/Tokyo

In a surprise move on August 28, India and China agreed to disengagement in the Doklam region. Details are sketchy but Indian forces have pulled back ending the standoff that has gone on since June 2017. The Indian and Chinese leaders are scheduled to meet next month at the BRICS summit in China, and this quick resolution may have been pushed forward to facilitate that meeting.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a terse statement saying that disengagement is ongoing, while China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that Indian forces had withdrawn personnel and equipment that were on Chinese territory.

Disengagement and de-escalation are a good thing for both of these great powers and for the time being lives have been saved. However, border issues between China and India have been going on for decades, and will likely continue. Is there a solution that would end the threat of war once and for all? Please let us know your opinion on this.

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement

Indian Ministry of External Affairs statement

Photo: J. Singh Bawa via flickr

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