China having increased presence and helping Pakistan in misiles according to intelligence report

MK DESK

According to the news report in The Telegraph, Chinese troops are conducting joint patrols with Pakistan’s army in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and Beijing is helping set up multiple surface-to-air missile launch sites and a missile defence system in the region. The report further said that such news is based on intelligence report from the ground.

There have been an increased Chinese air activities in that region especially after the standoff in Ladakh between China and India.

“The latest intelligence report suggests that China is helping Pakistan set up sites for surface-to-air missiles in PoK, and that the two armies are holding joint patrols,” an Intelligence Bureau official attached to the Union home ministry said. The newspaper report further said, “We have been witnessing closer military and economic cooperation between the two countries amid the border standoff between India and China since May.”