China's stern warning to India on deploying more border troops: ‘Won’t ease tensions..'

After New Delhi's move to free up 1,000 more troops to guard its borders with neighbouring China, Beijing warned India that increasing border troops won't help in easing the tensions between the two rival nations. China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, “India enhancing military deployments in the India-China border areas does not help ease the situation in the border areas or in safeguarding tranquility and safety.” Recently, India redirected thousands of its military personnel to the country's western borders in an effort to protect its frontier with China, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing senior Indian officials who didn’t want to be named. While warning that assigning more troops to the borders won't help in easing the tensions between the two nations, China's foreign ministry said that Beijing will continually work with India to maintain peace in these disturbance-prone areas. Mao Ning said at a press briefing, "China is committed to working with India to safeguard the tranquility and stability of the border areas.” Apart from the 1,000 troops assigned to the borders recently, an existing contingent of 9,000 troops already designated to the Chinese border will be brought under the new fighting command.