Armed forces given full freedom to give ‘befitting’ reply to any Chinese aggression at LAC
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reportedly told top military brass to maintain strict vigil on Chinese activities around land border, airspace & in strategic sea lanes.
PTI 21 June, 2020 2:12 pm IST
New Delhi: The armed forces deployed along the 3,500-km de-facto border with China have been given “full freedom†in giving “befitting†reply to any Chinese aggressive behaviour, government sources said after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a high-level meeting with top military brass on the situation in eastern Ladakh.
The meeting was attended by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh and Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria.
The sources said Singh told the top military brass to maintain strict vigil on Chinese activities around land border, airspace and in strategic sea lanes, and asked them to adopt a “tough†approach in dealing with any misadventure by Chinese forces.
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