China’s intrusion into Bhutanese territory detrimental to region’s stability

Bhutan’s Prime Minister Lotay Tshering earlier this month in an interview claimed that Bhutan and China were getting close to signing a boundary settlement agreement that would permanently demarcate their boundaries.

The Chinese side, which had been notoriously stalling the border negotiations with Bhutan through the ‘Roadmap for Expediating the Bhutan – China Boundary Negotiations’ (Three-Step-Roadmap), has had a history of provoking border disputes with its neighboring countries.