New Delhi: India was fully prepared to deal with any situation and that the moral of Indian troops deployed at heights of 15K feet remained high despite several face- offs with PLA in Eastern Ladakh, said Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

He also said in a strongly worded statement that repeatedly named China for violating all border agreements with India. Raj Nath Singh spoke for close to 25 minutes, saying China consistently refused to accept customary and traditional boundaries, had previously grabbed 38K sq. kms in Ladakh, claimed 90K sq. kms in Arunachal Pradesh and also ceded land illegally in POK by Pakistan. He blamed China for attempting to unilaterally after Status-quo and said while India wanted to peacefully resolve ongoing military confrontation; it was fully prepared to deal with any situation.

The Defence Minister said all provisions have been made for Indian troops, indicating India’s preparedness to dig in. He said India had foiled repeated Chinese intrusions, and said he as well as Foreign Minister S Jaishanker had clearly told their Chinese counterparts in recent meetings that violent actions, including Galwan clash, were a violation of agreements reached in 1993 and 96. As India- China perception of the LAC overlapped, there were protocols governing how troops should deal with face-offs which China had cast aside. As of now, the Chinese side has mobilized a large number of troops and armaments along the LAC as well as in the depth areas, he said.

India had counter mobilized as well, he added. He also spoke of the most recent August 29^th–  30^th, saying a fresh move by Chinese troops to change the Status-quo on the South Bank of Pangong Tso had been resolutely countered. The reference was to the Indian army’s success in taking control of key heights on the South Bank that has morethan neutralized the advantage the PLA held after it had surprised India by occupying the finger IV- VIII ridge line. Stressing that no one should doubt about India’s determination to safeguard its borders, he said the armed forces have made appropriate counter deployments in the friction areas in Eastern Ladakh, which included Gogra, Kongka La and North and South Banks of Pangong Tso.

The military confrontation has seen over 50K soldiers each from the two armies as well as tanks, howitzers and other weapon systems amassed within firing distance of each other along the frontier in Eastern Ladakh for over four months now.