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INDIA is ready to hold talks with China if both sides pull back their forces from the disputed border along the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj told parliament yesterday that a 2012 agreement bound China and India to settle the issue with Bhutan.
A month-long border standoff between the two nations was triggered in mid-June when China began constructing a road into the Doklam Plateau — an area which is currently disputed between Bhutan and Beijing. The Himalayan kingdom appealed for help from its ally India which supports Bhutan’s claim over the plateau.
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