Long-term solution needed to stop LAC incidents: Army Chief general Naravane

Incidents of transgressions and faceoffs on the border between India and China will continue to take place till the two sides reach a boundary agreement to ensure lasting peace, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane has said.

Asserting that the Army is well prepared to meet any misadventure on the border as it has demonstrated in the past, the top officer said that a long-term solution is needed to prevent such incidents from taking place.

"Such incidents will continue to occur till such time that a long-term solution is reached - that is to have a boundary agreement. And that should be the thrust of our efforts so that we have lasting peace along the northern border," Gen Naravane said during the annual session meeting of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.


The Army Chief has resonated the stand on the armed forces on recent developments on the border with an aggressive China seeking to test the patience of Indian border forces with continuous provocations from Ladakh to the Northeast.

As reported by ET, the most recent provocation has been in Uttarakhand's Barahoti area where over 100 PLA soldiers transgressed in late August, causing some damage to infrastructure before retreating. This caused alarm bells to ring, given the large number of troops who managed to cross the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

On the Taliban takeover, the Army Chief said that changes in the region will be taken into account during the periodic evaluation of threat perceptions and strategies are being formulated to meet all future threats.