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India can protect its interests: Antony

By The Assam Tribune

THANJAVUR, May 27 � Army was �handling� the situation arising out of the latest incursion in Ladakh, Defence Minister A K Antony said today after Chinese troops prevented Indians from patrolling up to LAC in Finger-VIII area where they have built a road inside Indian territory, reports PTI.

�Army is updated about latest position there. Whenever these kind of incidents happen in the local areas, they are handling it,� he told reporters here and asserted that India can protect its national interests.

The Defence Minister was asked about the recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh where its troops have built a road five km inside the Indian territory. �Indian can protect its national interests. India is not the India of the past,� the Minister said.

A recent incident has come to light in Ladakh where Chinese troops prevented their Indian counterparts from patrolling up to the Line of Actual Control.

The alleged incident took place near Finger-VIII area, also known as Siri Jap, on May 17, two days before Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang arrived in New Delhi after it was announced that the stand-off resulting from a 19-kilometre deep Chinese intrusion had ended.

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