New Delhi: Bhutan on Wednesday said it has issued a demarche to China over the construction of a road towards its Army camp in Zomplri area of Doklam and asked Beijing to restore status quo by stopping the work immediately. The demarche by Bhutan comes amid the ongoing face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Doklam (also known as Donglang) area of Sikkim sector. The Bhutanese envoy also asserted that under the agreement, both Bhutan and China should refrain from unilaterally changing the status quo. “We have asked China to stop the road construction,” he said. Taking a dig at India, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said that Bhutan is a universally recognised sovereign country.

Source: Mint June 29, 2017 04:07 UTC