Top Indian government officials on Thursday said that Bhutan stood with India on the issue of a territorial dispute with China, according to a report from New Delhi TV.
In a briefing provided to Indian lawmakers by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and Defense Secretary Sanjay Mitra, officials responded to reports of the possibility of land being transferred by Bhutan to China.
“Bhutan was firmly with India [on the issue of land transaction] and had no plans to give in,” NDTV described the officials as saying.
The government also reportedly said that there had been no troop build-up by China in Doklam since a standoff between the two countries’ troops ended last August, and that India is not concerned about what happens within Chinese territory located to the north of Doklam.
Odd, isn’t it that we don’t hear a pip from Bhutan, the party directly involved with China in this issue? Bhutan stands with India, says India (which, by the way, has no territorial claim in Doklam). What says Bhutan, though?
India should stop treating Bhutan like colonized territory and stop getting in the way of China and Bhutan developing trade and transportation links. A more prosperous Bhutan will only be beneficial for India. India has also been getting in the preventing road development in the southern, which would prevent Bhutanese from having to travel through India’s insurgency ridden state of Assam. This whole Doklam issue which India was stupid enough to instigate unilaterally has been a very good thing for Bhutan. It’s made India realize, China will not allow them to pull a Sikkim on Bhutan.
Exactly, watching Indian bureaucrats splash these headline all over the media is almost like watching a scared character in horror movie ..reassure himself repeatedly saying "This is not hapenning, This is not happening"
Bhutan doesn’t want anything to do with China, so they appointed India to do the talking… Now go elsewhere barking
If India didn’t treat our country Bhutan like a colonized territory and didn’t attempt to involve themselves in everything from where Bhutanese airlines are allowed to fly and where roads are allowed to to built, Bhutanese people probably wouldn’t mind supporting them. Expanded trade and economic links with China will lead to a more prosperous Bhutan, which will only benefit India since Bhutan imports so much from. Of course , Indians are too dumb and carried away by their paranoia, they are not able to see this. They actually think they are some kind of "rival" to China when they can’t even rival a little country like Korea that has just 3% of the population in terms of the role they play in the global economy.
Well said.
Seems Indians think of themself as some big shit, though basically they have turned into Trump poodle.
It is quite strange that the persons who are commenting in this post are in no way related to either of the countries being discussed here. India might have an enormous amount of problem but it is tackling it on its own. And the whole world knows that the pesky Americans are the champions of interfering in others affairs. So better be quite Mr En.It is the US which is benefitting the most from disruptions and enmities in the subcontinent. It is the US that will benefit the most from an Indo China rivalry. So before sermoning us try to do a serious academic research in this issue.
I am from nepal…and by the way to talk about right and wrong ee should not be from own’s country..humans should accept there fault and move one promising himself/herself not repeating the fault again…we’ve seen a lot to about how your country works too…
if true biggest mistake by bhutan. now india fights for bhutan afterwards india fights with bhutan for dhoklam.
We Indians think the same for China. They can’t even bully a tiny country like Bhutan, forget about bullying India. If it was that easy, China would have taken the land by force many years ago.
Why India want to Fight with Bhutan.and who said that Bhutan made big mistake. Mr. Ashish Bhurtel can you proof that to the entire world… We thought that we have good relationship with our closed Indian but externally Indian preparing some things to do with Bhutan right…
Enough of Indian hagemony. Just because we have puppet PM right now doesn’t mean that even people of Bhutan wants to dance to the Indian tunes. We do know that sick colonial era imdian mentality in dealing with Bhutan and Nepal.
Nepal in the leadership of our dearest leader kp oli will show the whole world how to tackle with indian agression, hooliganism and the promotion of chinese investment, we appeal all the bhutanese netizens to overthrow the pupet government and librete yr country from indian hegemony, we appeal u to unveil the slavery and see the rising sun, india will never be good friend with anyone.
Let’s see what he will do in his regime…but I don’t want my country falling in some one else hand when I believe my country is my own..if that happens I don’t think my country is my own but I’ll think think this planet is my own…mind that…
It is a matter of discussion between Bhutan and China.. India should not interfer at it.Let the Bhutan negotiate the border problem with China as a sovereign country.
The fact that there are no out standing border issues between Nepal and China as the border has been clearly demarcated decades ago proves that China does not have any intesntion of acquiring any land not belonging to China. Even Mount Everest has been split in half between the two friendly neighbours. All the countries of South Asia stand to benefit from wroking with China in the near future, rather than toeing the lines given by distant powers, and fighting with each other…
Naru Kun, you an be thankless person. India has kept its borders open for Nepalese people, there is no work visa, thousands of Nepalese are working in India, there is no restrictions. If India decides to fence the border and start visa system then you can imagine what will happen to your people, do you think Chinese will allow you people to go to their country and work. They wouldn’t give you even work visa. It is just that Nepal is Hindu country India has respect for Napalese people, you see all our other borders we have fence all along our borders. Do you people really want India should do that to you. Pay heavy duty for all your export. So brother don’t star talking great about China. Chinese govt is not friendly to their own people. One day they will start claiming your territory and capture by force when you people are not able to repay their loans.
Virendra Pal Singh dear sir,, problems arise when you start thinking someone is inferior to you. Let me ask you.. Do all your neighbours have same size of houses in your locality? Or because they have a small house makes you superior to them?
The correct attitude would be respect. You could have claimed that india has dignity for nepal which China will probably not have. India and Nepal have friendship that China will not be able to maintain.things don’t go smooth when you challenge someone’s sovereignty, dignity, freedom….And dude you are challenging dignity of approx 3M people. Come to Nepal……you will well be amazed by the number of Indians working here in our country!
Friends are not earned by claiming superiority. you need to make the other one feel equal, respected.
You are very crazy in passing comment about any body is not good. Like them Ihe Indians were earlier in the trap of ussr but now turning to the straw of usa. Why that depends on state interest. State friendship is not personal friendship.Hope you know that very well.Thanks.
Adding with the above comments.W e thought that India is our good friendly country but disappiinted when they did not support Bangladesh to resolve the Rohinga issue. This is the nature of state friendship.India seemingly shows friendship because of having financial benefit that are being taken by Indian business men.So you can see the scenerio how stern it is.We could find alternative source coyntry to import our daily necessities from them but India creats barrier not enabling our part to do that.In the changing context of world posture friendship never exists on a particular shape for ever.It goes on changing due to passaga of time.Hope my Indian friend will appreciate my intution to make you understood.Thanks and waiting your prudent reply.Have a good time.
It just doesn’t make any sense that Bhutan stands with India on doklam , is it claimed by Bhutan or India ?
I always say Indians have nothing called logic or rationality. Their media is portraying Donald Trump as if he were Indian and will do whatever modi tells him to do. Just look at their media persons having shit filled heads , they start fighting with their guests with opposite opinion.
Don’t worry, once China has completed constructing all the rail roads, superhighways, telecommunication likages with Nepal, a whole new scenario will change. Nepal will now have alternative supply routes crossing the Himalaya ranges into China. It will no longer be held hostage by India.
Bhuttan on seeing this will follow. Then we shall free Sikkim, Manipur, Assam etc from the yoke of Indian colonialism.
Somnath Bhowmick then u indians must be dumb as shyt.. if it were not for an obvious reason that China doesnt want to alienate itself from its current global standing.. a backward 6th world nation like india is juz a joke to China..