India won't allow any unilateral attempt by China to alter LAC: Jaishankar

India will not allow any unilateral attempt by China to change the status quo or alter the Line of Actual Control, External Affairs Minister said on Saturday, while asserting that through an enormous logistical effort, the country had countered the Chinese in eastern Ladakh. Talking about the eastern Ladakh border row, Jaishankar said China, in violation of the 1993 and 1996 agreements not to mass troops on the LAC, chose to do so, and added that its attempt was obviously to unilaterally change the LAC. "Even though we were in the midst of COVID-19 at that time, through an enormous logistical effort, which I think sometimes has not been adequately recognised by people, by analysts, even in our in this country, we were actually able to counter them at the LAC," Jaishankar said at a town hall organised by CNN-News18. "There are areas where they pulled back, we pulled back. Remember, both of us are very much in advance of what our pre-April positions were. Has it all been done? No. Have we made substantial solutions? Actually, yes," Jaishankar said. "It is hard work. It is very patient work, but we are very clear on one point, which is, we will not allow any unilateral attempt by China to change the status quo or alter the LAC," he said. The remarks came amid a standoff between India and China that began in early May of 2020. India has been consistently maintaining that peace and tranquillity along the LAC are key for the overall development of the bilateral ties. In his remarks at the town hall, Jaishankar also said India's history with the United States is a troubled one.