New Delhi: A statute panel that has studied Doklam standoff between India and China last year praised the government for its “overall handling” of the crisis however it cautioned that Chinese infrastructure “built uncomfortably” close to the tri-junction with Bhutan had not yet been dismantled.

The standing committee on external affairs headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor submitted the report on Sino-India relations, including Doklam, to Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on September 4. The report is publicly available. The committee also includes Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

The report includes submissions by senior government officials to the panel, which emphasised that the standoff in Dolkam was clearly the result of “an effort to compromise our security.”

The standoff at the India-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction began on June 16, 2017 when the People’s Liberation Army entered Doklam in a bid to alter the status quo in violation of Beijing’s existing understanding with both India and Bhutan. The issue was eventually resolved with the disengagement of border personnel on August 28 last year.

“The committee would commend the government’s overall handling of the crisis as it managed to send necessary signals to China that India will not acquiesce in its unilateral and forceful attempts to change the status quo at any of India’s territorial boundaries”, the parliamentary committee report said.

Then, it went on to issue a note of concern. “However the committee remains concerned that Chinese infrastructure built uncomfortably close to the tri-junction has not been dismantled,” said the panel, which engaged in special discussions on road construction activities in the Doklam area.