ITBP chief SS Deswal on Wednesday said India and China have very good understanding, and well understood and agreed mechanisms to resolve all issues arising at the border. Both sides patrol disputed pockets along the Line of Actual Control and the ITBP has got trained 200 men and officers in Mandarin (Chinese) language to facilitate better communication with the Chinese troops on the LAC.
The ITBP, guarding the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, has “enhanced” its capacity to reach up to the farthest border point and added 25 border out posts in the past five years to ensure effective preparedness and patrolling on the frontier, he said.
Addressing reporters on the eve of the 58th Raising Day of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Deswal said the “status quo” at the 3,488-km LAC between India and China is maintained and that the paramilitary force is making efforts to have “better capacity” than the neighbour.
Asked about the number of incidents of transgressions or incursions by the Chinese PLA troops in the recent past, Deswal refused to give absolute numbers but said the Indian side is “as aggressive” as the Chinese.
“We are continuously increasing border posts, we have increased patrolling and in the last five years we have created 25 new border out posts or BOPs,” Deswal said, adding each BOP was a “company level strength”, implying hundred troops.