[《Days after berating China for exhorting pressure on India along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said terms between Beijing and New Delhi have returned to the same level of conviviality as before the tense Doklam stand-off. "I think the bonhomie (between India and China) has returned to what was prior to Doklam, so I don't visualize a very serious trouble, but then one has to be prepared for it always," Gen Rawat was quoted as saying by ANI at the Raisina Dialogue here.》
It's no less significant that it comes in the very wake of the report on massive Chinese mobilisation in Doklam immediaitely follwoing "Rambo" Rawat's public claim to the contrary. (Ref.: < https://theprint.in/2018/01/17/new-trouble-for-india-as-china-fully-occupies-doklam/> and < http://indianexpress.com/article/india/major-reduction-in-chinese-troops-in-doklam-army-chief-bipin-rawat-5016907/ >.) Also, his public call to shift (Indian military) focus from Pakistan to China drawing, rather unsurprisingly, an adverse response from China. (Ref.: < https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/general-bipin-rawats-comments-unconstructive-china/articleshow/62507880.cms >. It'd be, rather, in the fitness of things to recall here that during the "Doklam crisis", kind of inaugurated by this "Rambo", cherry picked by the incumbent regime as the COAS overriding two seniors, with his needlessly provocative "a two-and-a-half fronts war" comment, had to keep his trap tightly shut.] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-china-bonhomie-has-returned-to-what-was-prior-to-doklam-gen-bipin-rawat/articleshow/62541127.cms India-China bonhomie has returned to what was prior to Doklam: Gen Bipin Rawat TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Jan 17, 2018, 17:23 IST HIGHLIGHTS I think the bonhomie (between India and China) has returned to what was prior to Doklam, so I don't visualize a very serious trouble: Gen Rawat Efforts to improve bilateral relations were on and the Border Personnel Meeting, suspended since the Doklam face-off, had once again resumed, said Rawat Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat (PTI photo)Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Days after berating China for exhorting pressure on India along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said terms between Beijing and New Delhi have returned to the same level of conviviality as before the tense Doklam stand-off. "I think the bonhomie (between India and China) has returned to what was prior to Doklam, so I don't visualize a very serious trouble, but then one has to be prepared for it always," Gen Rawat was quoted as saying by ANI at the Raisina Dialogue here. Rawat's positive outlook on India-China ties are an abrupt U-turn from last week's combative remarks on the need to shift attention from the western border with Pakistan to the northern frontier given the growing assertiveness of Chinese troops. The army chief's statement had earned the ire of Beijing, with foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang panning Rawat's comments as "unconstructive" and unhelpful in maintaining peace at the borders. Chinese state media upbraided New Delhi for being "diplomatically immature" and asked the Indian Army to "tone down (its) hawkish rhetoric". In contrast, the army chief took a softer line today, observing that the number of People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers on the other side of the border at Doklam had decreased. "As far as Doklam is concerned PLA soldiers are there in a part of the area, although not in numbers that we saw them in initially. They have carried out some infrastructure development which is mostly temporary in nature," he said. However, the Indian army is still concentrating on the neighbourhood and is prepared to ensure the situation does not escalate beyond a point, said Gen Rawat. Build your brand by targeting right audience on Colombia "While troops (PLA) may have returned and infrastructure remains, it is anybody's guess whether they would come back there or is it because of the winters that they could not take their equipment, but we are also there, so in case they come, we will face them," he asserted. At the same time, Gen Rawat said efforts to improve bilateral relations were on and the Border Personnel Meeting, suspended since the Doklam face-off, had once again resumed. TOP COMMENT After getting free hand from Modiji's government India army has become more aggressive and motivated at both borders and the icing on the cake is that our defence minister Nirmalaji is a strong heade... Read More Ajay Varma "But mechanisms that we have of defusing tensions between our two countries are working very well and after Doklam we've started our Border Personnel Meeting, we are meeting regularly, exchanges are taking place, communication between commanders at ground level is on," he said. Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a 73-day-long standoff in Doklam since June 16 after the Indian side stopped construction of a road in the disputed area by the Chinese Army. 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