'Tuting incident' resolved, says Army chief

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New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Jan 08, 2018, 10:22 AM IST

General Rawat also lauded the advancement in defence technology development and said that the future wars would be fought in more difficult circumstances and we should be prepared for it. Photograph:(ANI)

The 'Tuting incident' in Arunachal Pradesh has been resolved, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said here on Monday, days after Indian troops foiled attempts by Chinese road-building teams to build a track on the Indian side of the border.

Rawat suggested that a Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) between the two sides in Arunachal two days ago had resolved the issue.

It has been sorted out & we have had our Border Personnel Meeting after that: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on face-off with China in Arunchal Pradesh pic.twitter.com/KCGRfQ4Kfn
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"The Tuting incident has been resolved," he told reporters on the sidelines of an event.

He added that the BPM had taken place two days ago.

According to the Army chief, there was a major reduction of Chinese troops in the Dokalam area in the Sikkim sector.

Chinese road-building teams had entered about one kilometre inside Indian territory in Tuting, government sources said, adding that they had come for track alignment activities.

The teams returned when confronted by Indian troops and left behind various road building equipment, including excavators, they said.

The incident came nearly four months after the end of the 73-day Dokalam standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in the Sikkim sector.