Special Representatives of China and India have held 19 rounds of talks to resolve the boundary issue.

The massive earthquake in Sichuan struck at 9:19 pm (local time) on Tuesday and the epicentre was monitored at a depth of 20 km, state-run Xinhua new agency reported.

China reiterated that no meaningful dialogue can be held with India until it "unconditionally" withdraws troops from the disputed Doklam area and said Foreign Minister Wang Yi has authoritatively made Beijing's position clear on the issue.

the Soviet leader bluntly told the then chairman of China's ruling Communist Party that he was responsible for the situation in Tibet.

Ren Guoqiang, a spokesperson of the Chinese defence ministry, in a statement said, "Chinese armed forces have also shown a high level of restraint with an eye to the general bilateral relations and the regional peace and stability."

Early this year the US along with the United Kingdom and France approached the United Nations's sanctions committee for the ban on Azhar.

The Foreign Ministry also posted a 15-page fact sheet with maps and other details about the standoff since it began on June 16.

The president said China would never allow "any people, organisation or political party to split any part of Chinese territory out of the country at any time, in any form."

He praised the PLA's combat readiness.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the People's Liberation Army has the confidence and capability to defeat all invading enemies as he inspected a massive military parade at the country's largest military base to mark the 90th founding anniversary of the 2.3-million strong army.

Amid the Sikkim standoff, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday held talks with his Chinese Counterpart and State Councillor Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the BRICS NSAs meeting.

It also took exception to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's call for resolving the Doklam issue peacefully

Even senior Indian officials have openly stated that Chinese troops did not enter into the Indian territory, Wang said.

NSA Doval is set to travel to Beijing this week to attend the BRICS NSAs meeting scheduled to be held from July 27-28

The move took place late last month and involved hardware being moved simultaneously by road and rail from across the entire region.

Experts said the direction is meant to maintain party unity.

The article in the Global Times said that if India "stirs up conflicts in several spots, it must face the consequence of an all-out confrontation with China along the entire LAC."

The brigade that conducted the drills was from the PLA's Tibet Military Command and is one of China's two plateau mountain brigades.

'This is the first time that active PLA army personnel would be reduced to below one million,' PLA Daily said.

India said that "a range of issues" were discussed by the two leaders.