'Our soldiers are and will remain our primary assets', Army chief Rawat warns Pakistan over its misadventure

New Delhi, July 13: “Chinese come and patrol their perceived line of actual control, and we try and attempt to reach out to our line of actual control which has been given to us”, said Army chief Bipin Rawat on Saturday, while addressing a seminar on 20 years after Kargil conflict, further adding that there were no intrusions by the Chinese in Ladakh's Demchok sector.

 

This is post some reports claiming Chinese soldiers crossing the Line of Actual Control last week after some Tibetans hoisted Tibetan flags on the Dalai Lama's birthday. “Celebrations were underway on our side by some Tibetans in Demchok sector. Based on that, to see what was happening, some Chinese also came opposite. Everything is normal”, he added.

 

Further, in a warning to Pakistan over its misadventure, Army chief General said let there be no doubt that such acts will be repelled with a punitive response.

 

“Pakistan army time and again resorts to misadventure either through flawed proxy wars and state sponsored terror or intrusions. Indian Army stands resolute to defend our territory”, he added.

 

Stressing at technology to be the core of future wars, Rawat said that battlefield would be severely contested and seamlessly connected. “In future even conventional conflicts are likely to have a large asymmetric component leading to what is being termed hybrid war”, he said adding that future conflicts would be more violent and unpredictable where importance of human factor shall remain undiminished. “Our soldiers are and will remain our primary assets”, he signed off.