China is opposed to any Indian construction in the area, saying it is disputed territory. The chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Eliot Engel, said China should respect norms and use diplomacy to settle the border issue with India. “I am extremely concerned by the ongoing Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control,” he said. India has also started construction of an emergency landing strip near the main highway of Kashmir which adjoins Ladakh. Konchok Stanzin, a resident of Lukung village on the Indian side, about 40 kilometres from the border, said thousands of Indian troops had arrived in the last week alone.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 02, 2020 17:15 UTC