ITBP D-G says face-off with China continues - The location is near Maja company operating base in Taksing circle of Upper Subansiri district, sources added. Our newly raised Shaurya commandos played exemplary role in this. ITBP was raised as mountain guerrilla force and we were given border guarding duty along China in 2004, ITBP chief said. We need not leave our original function, and specialised high altitude mountain fighting force is being set up, distinct than army. We will soon have one full battalion of Shaurya commandos; high-altitude deployment is our strength, Mr Kapur added.
Situation has persisted even though Chinese President Xi Jinping attended 18th BRICS Summit hosted by India from September 11 to 13, and two nations have held three high-level border talks since July. 36th WMCC meeting on India-China border affairs was held August 6, followed by 25th round of talks between Special Representatives on Boundary Question August 26 in Beijing, where India was represented by NSA Ajit Doval.
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Analytically, ITBP face-off near Taksing shows LAC disengagement at Depsang and Demchok in 2024 did not end eastern sector friction. Arunachal's Upper Subansiri is new hotspot after Yangtse 2022. Shaurya commandos - ITBP's new mountain guerrilla battalion - indicates India moving from border guarding to offensive mountain warfare, distinct from Army. For China, Taksing close to its permanent village construction in Longju, which India claims.
If face-off continues despite BRICS summit bonhomie, India-China normalisation remains tactical, not strategic.
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