New Delhi: Amid the ongoing border stand off between India and China, where the latter has been trying the change the status quo in certain areas in eastern Ladakh, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Thursday that armed forces are capable of responding in “best suitable ways”.
“India faces threat of coordinated action along northern and western fronts which we have to consider in our defence planning… We have conceptualised strategy to deal with threats emerging along northern and western borders,” he was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Gen Rawat was speaking at an interactive session at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum.
“China’s economic assistance to PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) and continued military and diplomatic support to Pakistan mandates high level of preparations by us,” he said.
“Of late, India has been seeing some aggressive actions by China but we are capable of handling these in the best suitable ways,” Gen Rawat said.
Gen Rawat also warned Pakistan stating that the country will suffer “heavy losses” if it attempts any misadventure against India by taking advantage of the border conflict with China.
