New Delhi: The Army on Monday maintained that no bulldozers were used when its bunkers were destroyed by Chinese soldiers amid the current standoff with China in the Sikkim sector.
The army also denied that the border standoff with China is the longest since 1962.
"The incident is not the longest standoff between the two nations," said a statement issued by the Army spokesman in New Delhi while reacting to a PTI story which had given details of the stand-off.
The spokesman also claimed that no such incident ever happened on June 6 and referred to a statement made by the Ministry of External Affairs in which the date of incident was mentioned as June 16.
"The MoD (Ministry of Defence) or the Indian Army has neither issued any official statement nor has undertaken any unofficial briefings due to the fact that such sensitive issues are best dealt between two nations away from the media glare," the spokesman said.
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The army also denied that the border standoff with China is the longest since 1962.
"The incident is not the longest standoff between the two nations," said a statement issued by the Army spokesman in New Delhi while reacting to a PTI story which had given details of the stand-off.
The spokesman also claimed that no such incident ever happened on June 6 and referred to a statement made by the Ministry of External Affairs in which the date of incident was mentioned as June 16.
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"The MoD (Ministry of Defence) or the Indian Army has neither issued any official statement nor has undertaken any unofficial briefings due to the fact that such sensitive issues are best dealt between two nations away from the media glare," the spokesman said.
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(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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