China and Bhutan will be conducting a “joint technical field survey” in September in a move to settle their boundary disputes, which could shrink the buffer zone between the Siliguri corridor and the India-China border in Chumbi valley.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday reached Tibetan leader Karmapa Lama’s place of residence at the Gyuto Tantric University and Monastery near Dharamshala on Tuesday and scanned documents and questioned functionaries for more than four hours.
“We probably had this round for no reason other than that it was scheduled. Otherwise this is hardly a good time to talk to China and get something substantial out of the process. There are just too many issues between us,” said one brasshat.
Observers in the Indian security establishment are concerned the current operations being conducted by the Pakistan Army may lead to a Pashtun-versus-Punjabi ethnic conflict.
