Beijing, June 30 (Agencies): China on Friday sought a dialogue with India over the border row in the Sikkim sector and asked it to withdraw its troops from Doklam, insisting that Beijing has “indisputable sovereignty” over the area. “Diplomatic channels are unimpeded between India and China for talks on the standoff in Sikkim,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said. “The pressing issue is to have a meaningful dialogue for the withdrawal of Indian troops from the Doklam area in Sikkim sector,” he said. China says Indian guards crossed into the Donglang region earlier in June and obstructed work on a road on a plateau. “China's road-building activities in Donglang on its own territory are totally reasonable and understandable.”In Sikkim, India and China share a 220km stretch of their 3,488km border from Jammu & Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh.

Source: The Telegraph June 30, 2017 10:07 UTC