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India to blame for Doklam row, we're extremely dissatisfied, claims China

What India did went against the two countries' consensus to keep the peace on the border: China

India to blame for Doklam row, we're extremely dissatisfied, claims China
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. Photo: Reuters

Reuters Beijing
China laid the blame at India's door on Monday for an altercation along their border in the western Himalayas involving soldiers from both of the Asian giants.

Both countries' troops have been embroiled in an eight-week-long standoff on the Doklam plateau in another part of the remote Himalayan region near their disputed frontier.

Last week, a source in New Delhi, who had been briefed on the military situation on the border, said soldiers foiled a bid by a group of Chinese troops to enter Indian territory in Ladakh, near Pangong lake.

Some of the Chinese soldiers carried iron rods and stones, and troops

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