Dokalam stand-off: China issues safety advisory for citizens travelling to India

New Delhi: In the wake of an army face-off and chill in ties over Dokalam stand-off, China has issued a safety advisory to its citizens travelling to and living in India.

"It is not a travel alert. It is advisory asking Chinese travellers to be careful," an official of the Foreign Ministry here told PTI.

The Chinese embassy in the national capital issued the adviseory.

China and India have been engaged in the standoff in the Dokalam area near the Bhutan tri-junction for the past three weeks after a Chinese Army's construction party attempted to build a road. Doka La is the Indian name for the region which Bhutan recognises as Dokalam, while China claims it as part of its Donglang region.

India has said Beijing's action to "unilaterally determine tri-junction points" violated a 2012 India-China pact which says the boundary would be decided by consulting all the concerned parties.

Modi, Xi discuss 'range of issues'

In the wake of an army face-off and chill in ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping here on Friday, and discussed "a range of issues" that possibly included their three-week-old border row.

The two leaders came face to face for the first time after their armies were involved in a face-off in the Doklam area in the Sikkim sector, that has heightened tensions between the two countries, including war-mongering by the Chinese media.

The meeting assumes significance as it comes a day after a top Chinese official said the "atmosphere" is "not right" for a bilateral meeting between Modi and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.