New Delhi: India and China have agreed to sustain the tempo of dialogue to find ways to ensure peace at the Line of Actual Control(LAC)in Eastern Ladakh. Stand-offs are still on at some friction points for the last two years and the Corps Commanders of the armies met in Ladakh on Friday to find ways to disengage troops from these points.
The 15th round of military level talks began on the Indian side in Chushul at 10 am. The last round of talks on January 14 did not make any major breakthrough. Chief of Leh based 14 Corps Lt General Anindya Sengupta led the Indian delegation for the latest round.
The delegation included military and diplomatic officials, sources said here on Friday. They said the two sides agreed to continue the process of military and diplomatic level parleys for early resolution of the issue at the LAC.
India has all along insisted that status quo ante as prevailing prior to May 2020 has to be restored for normalising of bilateral ties between the two countries. Trouble erupted at the LAC in May 2020 and snowballed into a bloody drawl in June in the Galwan valley.
At present, more than 50,000 troops each from both the sides are facing each other at the LAC at three friction points leading to tension in the region. Announcing the date for the 15th round of talks, sources had said three days back “India and China have mutually decided to hold the 15th round of Corps Commander level talks at the Indian side of Chushul Moldo Meeting Point on 11 March 2022.
14 rounds of talks till now have resulted in resolution of North and South Bank of Pangong Tso, Galwan and Gogra Hot Spring areas. Both sides will now focus to achieve a resolution for the remaining friction areas. Recent statements by both sides to find a mutually acceptable solution have been encouraging and positive in nature.”
(AGENCIES)
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