Sitharaman waves out to Chinese soldiers at Nathu La

October 08, 2017 08:40

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday visited Nathu La area on the Sino-India border and interacted with Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police officials.

However, her scheduled aerial survey of Dokalam and forward posts in the border areas of Sikkim was cancelled due to inclement weather, a statement issued by the department of information and public relations, Government of Sikkim, said.

On her Twitter handle, the defence minister said Chinese soldiers from across the border took pictures of her when she reached Nathu La.

"Acknowledged a row of Chinese soldiers from across the fence who were taking pictures on my reaching Nathu La," she tweeted.

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