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Pentagon urges India-China dialogue over disputed territory

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The United States defence department is urging China and India to engage in dialogue in order to reduce tensions over a border dispute in the Himalayas. Image: Indian activists protest outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi over border tensions (Getty Images)


Sparked on the 16th of June, the standoff involves an area connecting China, India and Bhutan known as the 'Doklam' plateau. India says China is constructing a road on land which doesn't belong to them.


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