Pakistan, China major irritants: Army Chief

Pakistan and China are the two major irritants for India’s security, Army chief Gen V K Singh said here on Friday.

?We also have two irritants, one mainly in terms of how the situation is in Pakistan, where there is problem of governance, where there is certain amount of support that is being given to some terrorist groups and where the internal situation is not very good,? said Gen Singh.

He said all these ?can have a fallout of how these things impact India?, in his opening address at a seminar on ?Indian Army: Emerging Roles and Tasks?.

?Till the time the terrorist infrastructure remains intact on the other side, we have something to worry,” he said.

On China he said: ?Similarly, we have a rising China, both economically and militarily.?

“Although we have a very stable border, yet we have a border dispute. And, therefore, the intentions need to be looked at along with this additional capability that is coming out,” he said, referring to China.