Bhutan Prime Minister Lotte Tshering says that the Chinese authorities must play an equal role to resolve the Doklam dispute between China and India.
In an interview given to a Belgian newspaper, Prime Minister Lotte Schering said that it is not only Bhutan’s responsibility to find a solution to this problem. We are three and none of us is a small or big country but we are all equal.
The prime minister of Bhutan further said that we are ready for talks. We will discuss it as soon as the other two parties are ready. This is a sign that Bhutan wants a solution to the Doklam dispute between India and China, which is the root of the whole problem.
According to Indian media, the diplomatic relations between India and Bhutan may be strained by this statement of the Bhutanese Prime Minister as the Indian government is against any kind of presence of China in Doklam.
It may be recalled that in 2017, there were clashes between Indian and Chinese forces in Doklam due to China’s construction of a road in the disputed area, which was opposed by India.
Doklam is the area that connects the northeastern states of India with the rest of the country. According to defense experts, the said area is India’s biggest geographical weakness.
