Sikkim standoff: China trying to change status quo on border, says India

New Delhi, July 20 : India on Thursday accused China of unilaterally trying to change the status quo on the border with Bhutan and said this is what has sparked off the standoff between the Indian and Chinese armies. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the Rajya Sabha that while China was saying that India should withdraw its troops from Doklam for negotiations to begin, “we are saying that if a dialogue is to be held, then both should withdraw (their troops)”. The Chinese action “is a challenge to our security”, the Minister said in the first exhaustive Indian comment on the border row that began over a month ago in the Sikkim sector of the winding Sino-Indian frontier.Sushma Swaraj said India was not doing anything unreasonable.