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| India won’t vacate Siachen as Pak can’t be trusted: Parrikar |
| 2016-02-27 |
| [Daily Excelsior] Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today declared that India will not vacate the Icy heights of Siachen Glacier in Ladakh sector of Jammu and Kashmire as there were apprehension that Pakistain could occupy them even as he announced comprehensive steps to prevent hacking of internet system of the defence forces that included establishment of Cyber Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to check any such threats. Replying to two separate questions by Harish Chandra alias Harish Dwivedi and Vasanthi M in Lok Sabha today, Parrikar declared that India will never vacate Siachen Glacier, where recently 10 Indian soldiers were killed in snow avalanche including Hanumanthapa, who survived for nearly a week, as Pakistain can occupy the strategic icy heights in absence of the Indian troops. "We will not vacate the Siachen Glacier as once vacated, there were apprehensions that Pakistain could occupy them,’’ the Defence Minister said, adding that Pakistain can’t be trusted on this. |
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