Bhutan denies China set up village on its territory

Bhutanese Ambassador to India, Major General Vetsop Namgyel has refuted the claim of Chinese media stating that the Chinese authorities have set up a village inside Bhutanese territory.

New Delhi: Bhutan on Friday has rejected the Chinese state media report claiming that the Chinese authorities have set up a village inside Bhutanese territory.

Bhutan refutes China's claim of setting up village inside Bhutanese territory

"There is no Chinese village inside Bhutan," Major General Vetsop Namgyel, Bhutanese Ambassador to India, told reporters.

This comes after Shen Shiwei, CGTN News producer, had tweeted, "Now, we have permanent residents living in the newly established Pangda village. It's along the valley where 35 km south to Yadong county."

Later the tweet was removed.

The Pangda village lies 2 kilometres within Bhutanese territory.

ANI

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