Stop making territorial claims on Bhutan’s behalf, China tells India

Beijing, August 2 : China on Wednesday said India should not make territorial claims on Bhutan’s behalf in the Doklam standoff, even as it maintained that it valued good neighbourly and friendly relations with New Delhi and to keep peace on the border.
“The China-Bhutan boundary issue is one between China and Bhutan. It has nothing to do with India. As a third party, India has no right to interfere in or impede the boundary talks between China and Bhutan, still less the right to make territorial claims on Bhutan’s behalf,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. The claim was made in a 15-page dossier, “The Facts and China’s Position”, on weeks of standoff between the Indian Army and the Chinese border guards in the Doklam bowl on the border in Sikkim that has raised a threat of war between the two countries.