With Tibet buffer gone, China and Bhutan hold 16th round of talks to settle their border dispute

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(TibetanReview.net, Oct17’26) – Like in the case of India, Bhutan never had a boundary – or a boundary dispute – with China, until the latter illegally annexed Tibet in the 1950s following an armed invasion of the militarily defenceless country. Now the two sides are locked in an endless series of border talks, which started in 1984, amid reports of continuing incursions by China into the territory of the Himalayan kingdom with a population of just over eight hundred thousand.

China and Bhutan have agreed to build on the “positive momentum” in efforts to resolve their border dispute, reported indiatoday.in Oct 15, citing news agency PTI. The agreement came during the 16th...

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