New Delhi says no new developments at Doklam

Beijing claims its troops patrolling area to exercise China's sovereignty

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday evening said reports of the Chinese increasing the number of troops or constructing a road at Doklam were incorrect.

The MEA said there were "no new developments at the face-off site and its vicinity since the August 28 disengagement" between Indian and Chinese troops. It said the "status quo prevails in the area."

However, a Press Trust of India (PTI) report from Beijing suggested that Chinese troops were very much present near Doklam. China not only defended the presence of its troops in the area but reiterated its sovereignty over it. Bhutan and India dispute