TAP TO UNMUTE Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: Indiatimes

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi met with a Chinese envoy on Saturday to discuss Sino-India relation, despite the border rift between the two neighbouring nations.

Sources confirmed that the Chinese embassy confirmed such a meeting and that it can be confirmed with Gandhi’s office. However, the Congress VP has kept pin drop silence about his meeting with Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui.

No details of the meet have divulged yet, thus creating a situation of suspense. Considering the threats emanating from Beijing, such a measure may weaken India’s hardened stance against China. Both the countries are engaged in a pre-battle like situation, with increased army postings in the Doka La (India) or Doklam area in Bhutan.

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China and India have been engaged in a stand-off in the Doklam area near the Bhutan tri-junction for the past three weeks after a People's Liberation Army construction party attempted to build a road. Doka La is the Indian name for the region which Bhutan recognises as Doklam while China claims it as part of its Donglang region.

A recent article that appeared on a Chinese state-run Global Times indicated that China could enter Kashmir at the behest of Pakistan, if it were to follow India’s logic of obstructing Chinese army from constructing a road in Doklam area, at the request of Bhutan.

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It also explained how India is using Bhutan as a prop to snub China, leading to further aggravation of the dispute.