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Saturday 5 auguSt 2017

With live-fire drill, China warns India not to test Beijing

By LOUISE WATT said Thursday that while
Associated Press Chinese armed forces had
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is shown “utmost goodwill”
intensifying its warnings to and a “high level of re-
Indian troops to get out of straint” in the face of the
a contested region high Indian troops, “restraint has
in the Himalayas where its limits.”
China, India and Bhutan “No country should under-
meet, saying China’s “re- estimate the Chinese forc-
straint has its limits” and es’ confidence and capa-
publicizing live-fire drills in bility to safeguard peace
Tibet. and their resolve and will-
Indian troops entered the power to defend national
area in the Doklam Plateau sovereignty, security and
in June after New Delhi’s development interests,”
ally, Bhutan, complained a Ren said in a statement.
Chinese military construc- China and Bhutan have
tion party was building a been holding talks over
road inside Bhutan’s terri- their border dispute since
tory. the 1980s and Bhutan
Beijing says Doklam is lo- feared the road con-
cated in Tibet and that the struction would affect the
border dispute between process of drawing their
China and Bhutan has boundary. India said its
nothing to do with India. It In this video image from Friday, Aug 4, 2017, a target explodes during a live-fire drill by the Chi- troops were attempting to
has demanded that Indian nese army in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region that border India. Beijing is intensifying its warnings urge the Chinese forces
troops withdraw before to Indian troops to get out of a contested region high in the Himalayas where China, India and not to change the status
any talks. Bhutan meet. Chinese characters in yellow reads “Artillery soldiers high altitude live fire drills”. quo and that any con-
On Friday, China Central (CCTV via AP) struction would have “seri-
Television broadcast video shown loading and fir- tempt to increase pressure and immediate withdrawal ous security implications for
it said showed an army unit ing other missiles, some of on India, however, along of Indian troops from the India.” In New Delhi, Exter-
in an unidentified part of which landed in fiery explo- with strongly worded state- region,” said a commen- nal Affairs Minister Sushma
Tibet carrying out live-fire sions. ments this week from Chi- tary Friday by the official Swaraj told Parliament on
firing exercises in the past The report, which was also na’s foreign and defense Xinhua News Agency. Thursday that India was
few days. carried in other state me- ministries, as well as in state “If China backs down now, concerned about China’s
A commander sitting in a dia, didn’t mention the dis- media. India may be emboldened actions affecting the tri-
vehicle shouted “3, 2, 1, pute with India, and said “China has made it clear to make more trouble in junction boundary point
fire!” into two telephones the unit has been training that there is no room for ne- the future,” it added. between Bhutan, China
and a missile was launched for three months. gotiation and the only solu- Chinese Defense Ministry and India as well as the
into the sky. Troops were It appeared to be an at- tion is the unconditional spokesman Ren Guoqiang India-China border. q

Russian military police deploy north of Syrian city of Homs

By BASSEM MROUE of four planned cease-fires forces shelled the central day as Russian troops be- districts and three observa-
Associated Press reached in recent months town of Talbiseh just before gan deploying in the re- tion posts in the districts of
BEIRUT (AP) — Russian mili- under an agreement bro- midnight Thursday killing gion. Khmeirat, Qubeibat and
tary police deployed north kered by Russia, Iran and one person and wounding The Observatory said doz- Tel Ameri.
of the central city of Homs Turkey in May that aims to several others, according ens of Russian troops de- Russian military police from
on Friday, setting up check- “de-escalate” the violent to the Britain-based Syr- ployed on front lines be- the de-escalation monitor-
points and observation Syrian civil war, now in its ian Observatory for Human tween government forces ing forces will have to “en-
points as part of a cease- sixth year. Rights and activist Moham- and opposition fighters. sure the disengagement of
fire in a third safe zone in Russia and Iran are provid- med al-Homsi who is based Russian Defense Ministry the opposing sides, monitor
war-torn Syria, but opposi- ing military support to Presi- in Homs province. spokesman Igor Konash- compliance with the ces-
tion activists said the truce dent Bashar Assad, while Al-Homsi said that the shell- enkov announced the mili- sation of hostilities and also
was violated by govern- Turkey sponsors some of the ing also targeted the near- tary police deployment on ensure unhindered deliver-
ment forces. opposition forces arrayed by villages of Teir Maaleh Thursday, saying the Rus- ies of humanitarian supplies
The truce that began against him. and Gharnata. The Obser- sian military police will es- and evacuations of those ill
Thursday and the deploy- The deployment came vatory and al-Homsi said tablish two checkpoints in and injured,” Konashenkov
ment are part of the third hours after government the situation was calm Fri- the Harb Nafseh and Dayr said.q