NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs on Friday blamed China for failing to establish peace and tranquility between India and China and said that the border areas gets disturbed from time to time when Chinese forces diverge from established patrolling patterns.MEA’s remarks came after Indo-Tibetan Border Police Director General Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor said that the force’s newly raised Shaurya commando unit had demonstrated its capabilities during ongoing face-offs with China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at multiple locations in Arunachal Pradesh.During the weekly press conference, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that both sides continue to use existing diplomatic and military mechanisms to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the Line of Actual Control.“In so far as the specifics are concerned, I would refer you to the ministry of defence,” Jaiswal said.“As we have noted in the past, the situation in the India-China border areas gets disturbed from time to time when Chinese forces diverge from established patrolling patterns,” he added.“Both sides continue to use existing diplomatic and military mechanisms to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the Line of Actual Control,” he further said.MEA also said reiterated that the maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas is essential for the overall development of bilateral relations between India and China“The two sides have also agreed to discuss ways to improve understanding of LAC in appropriate areas for better border management,” Jaiswal said.“I would also like to emphasise that the maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas is essential for the overall development of bilateral relations,” he added.Earlier on Thursday, ITBP chief Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor said that the agency has raised a new combat unit, the Shaurya commandos, who have demonstrated their capabilities during the “ongoing” faceoff with Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops at multiple locations in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Kapoor said the commandos would be deployed in every border battalion as the force strengthens its combat readiness along the 3,488-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. The ITBP chief’s remarks came as the force steps up its modernisation drive, with a greater focus on emerging warfare technologies and specialised training.Addressing personnel at an ITBP base in Alwar, Rajasthan, ahead of the force’s 65th Raising Day on October 24, Kapoor said traditional methods of warfare were no longer sufficient to counter China, which he described as India’s “biggest adversary”.