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• The document was the first official acknowledgment from the central government of intrusion into Indian territory by the People’s Liberation Army amid the deadlock over troop disengagement at faceoff sites near Pangong lake and Gogra despite five rounds of commander-level talks.
• The government had till now not admitted to the intrusion in any statement or document ever since the first military clash on the north bank of Pangong Tso on May 5-6.

Thursday: August 6

• Clicking on the document, which was on the news section of the MoD website since Tuesday, now shows ‘the URL cannot be found’.
• Official Reason: A defence ministry spokesperson told that the document “did not go through him”.

Defence Minister

• Earlier, defence minister Rajnath Singh, had said in an interview in endMay, said a sizeable number of Chinese soldiers had “come a little further than they used to earlier”.
•  But it was officially clarified that it should not be “misinterpreted as if Chinese troops entered the Indian side of the LAC”, the report said.

All Party Meeting (June 19th)

• At an all-party meeting on the China crisis in June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words sparked opposition protests.
•  “Neither has anyone intruded into our territory nor taken over any post. Our forces are doing what they have to do to protect the country, whether it is deployment, action or counter-action. Our patrolling capacity has increased due to newly built infrastructure, especially along LAC,” he said.

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