In June 2017, Chinese Army (People’s Liberation Army) construction party had entered the Doklam area and attempted to construct a road.
Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) patrol had attempted to dissuade them from this unilateral activity.
Later Bhutan underlined that the construction of the road inside Bhutanese territory was a direct violation of the 1988 and 1998 agreements between Bhutan and China and affected the process of demarcating the boundary between these two countries.
Since these developments, India and Bhutan have been in continuous contact, giving a view of India’s role in Bhutan’s security and matters of mutual interest.
