It fears the road would allow China to cut off India's access to its northeastern states. "To peacefully resolve the impasse, India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said that both the sides should first pull back their troops and hold dialogue.Swaraj on Thursday again asserted that war cannot resolve anything. Its development is not at the same level as China's. It only wants to seek disputes in an area which originally has no disputes to gain bargaining chips. "The military standoff comes ahead of the BRICS Summit in the Chinese city of Xiamen early next month, where leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will meet.

Source: Economic Times August 05, 2017 04:52 UTC