• Chinese and Indian soldiers install a barbed wire fence at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China in India's Sikkim state in June 2006. On Monday, India and China said their troops were disengaging from a standoff on the Doklam plateau, a strategically important disputed territory in the area where the borders of China and Bhutan meet. | AFP-JIJI
    Chinese and Indian soldiers install a barbed wire fence at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China in India's Sikkim state in June 2006. On Monday, India and China said their troops were disengaging from a standoff on the Doklam plateau, a strategically important disputed territory in the area where the borders of China and Bhutan meet. | AFP-JIJI
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CANBERRA – On Monday, China and India announced an amicable resolution to their dispute at their shared border area with Bhutan that began on June 16.

When countries find themselves locked in a dispute, they face a choice between conflict perpetuation and conflict resolution. Too often, they choose to prolong and deepen the conflict by insisting that “we” are totally in the right and “they” are completely in the wrong. The dispute involves a matter of basic principle — sovereignty is always a favorite — over which there can be no negotiation.

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