Xi visited Nyingchi, the Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh in July, becoming the first Chinese President to visit<\/b>
\nBeijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised a border-guard battalion in Tibet, which shares boundary with the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, saying its troops have done a great job in the past five years, official media here reported. Xi visited Nyingchi, the Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh in July, becoming the first Chinese President to visit the remote border areas in Tibet. \u201cPresident Xi writes back to a plateau-stationed border-guard model battalion, saying they have done a great job in the past five years and encouraging them to make new contributions to the Party and the people,\u201d the state-run Global Times reported on Monday. The model battalion is under the Xizang (Chinese name for Tibet) Military Command of the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA), it said. In 2016, Xi bestowed special honours on a PLA military battalion posted in Tibet for its \u201coutstanding performance in safeguarding borders\u201d. Xi, who heads the Central Military Commission (CMC) \u2014 the overall command authority of the PLA, signed orders to give honorary titles for the battalion in 2016. \u201cTroop 77656 is now titled as a \u2018model plateau battalion\u2019 for its outstanding performance in safeguarding borders, ensuring stability and helping disaster relief,\u201d the state-run Xinhua news agency had said in a report in August 2016. The model plateau battalion is reportedly one of the six battalions functioning under the Tibet Military Area Command. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of South Tibet, which is firmly rejected by India. The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km Line of Actual Control Get the news updates on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. For all the latest World updates, download our app Android and iOS.<\/p>\n