Chinese troops violated a border pact signed between the two countries in October last year by tailing Indian troops in Eastern Ladakh in June, prompting India to lodge a protest on the issue, the government told Lok Sabha on Friday.
‘Since signing of the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA), Chinese troops, have on one occasion, violated the provision by tailing our patrol in Eastern Ladakh on 2 June,’ Defence minister Arun Jaitley said in reply to a written query.
‘A protest was lodged against this violation in the flag meeting held on 15 July,’ he said.
India and China signed the BDCA to maintain peace and tranquility along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in October last year.
As part of the pact, the ‘two sides agreed that they shall not follow or tail patrols of the other sides in areas where there is no common understanding of the LAC (Line of Actual Control) in the Indo-China border areas’.
After signing the BDCA, the UPA government had warned that the pact was not a guarantee that incursions or transgressions would stop but would help in addressing issues along the border.
‘Since signing of the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA), Chinese troops, have on one occasion, violated the provision by tailing our patrol in Eastern Ladakh on 2 June,’ Defence minister Arun Jaitley said in reply to a written query.
‘A protest was lodged against this violation in the flag meeting held on 15 July,’ he said.
India and China signed the BDCA to maintain peace and tranquility along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in October last year.
As part of the pact, the ‘two sides agreed that they shall not follow or tail patrols of the other sides in areas where there is no common understanding of the LAC (Line of Actual Control) in the Indo-China border areas’.
After signing the BDCA, the UPA government had warned that the pact was not a guarantee that incursions or transgressions would stop but would help in addressing issues along the border.