Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Friday said China’s rising footprints in India’s neighbourhood and its attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo along disputed borders have created an environment of “confrontation and mutual distrust”.
In an address at a seminar, he also said that “Sino-US” rivalry has created regional imbalances and instability.
He observed that the regional security environment is characterised by the Chinese “belligerence” in the Indo-Pacific, its hostility towards weaker nations and its relentless drive to create regional dependencies through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative. Read More…
