Question : YADONG LAND POST



(a) whether China has requested for the opening of Yadong land post in Tibet closed since the 1962 Indo-China border conflict;

(b) if so, the details thereof including the strategic implications involved therein; and

(c) the reaction of the Government thereto?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI OMAR ABDULLAH)

(a)-(c): India and China presently have arrangements for border trade across Lipulekh Pass (Uttaranchal) and Shipki La Pass (Himachal Pradesh).