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We monitor such developments: MEA on reports of China building 2nd bridge in Pangong Tso region

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 5/20/2022 1:42:42 PM

New Delhi, May 19 A day after reports emerged that China was building a second bridge across Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, India on Thursday said the area where the reported construction is being undertaken is under the occupation of that country for decades. At a media briefing, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India monitors such developments. “We have seen media reports and other reports on the so-called bridge… Somebody said second bridge or if it is an expansion of the current bridge,” he said. Bagchi said India always felt that the area that is referred to in the reports is under the occupation of the Chinese side for decades. He was responding to questions on the bridge being built by China in the Pangong Tso region. Bagchi also said that India had various rounds of conversations with the Chinese side at the diplomatic and military levels and will continue to remain engaged. “You are also aware that Foreign Minister Wang Yi was here in March this year and the External Affairs Minister conveyed our expectations to him,” he said.