China Refuses To Leave Hot Springs, Gogra; Continues Dominating Despang Plains
SRINAGAR: As the Sino-India standoff is about to complete a year; Beijing has refused to vacate Hot Springs and Gogra. The revelations came after 11 rounds of talks that have already resulted in undoing the occupation of the vast Pangong lake belt.
“A highly placed source, involved in decision-making all of 2020, told The Sunday Express that at Patrolling Point 15 and PP-17A in Hot Springs and Gogra Post, the Chinese “had agreed earlier” to pull back troops but “later refused to vacate”,” The Indian Express reported. “In the recent talks, according to the source, China said India “should be happy with what has been achieved”. At these twin points, the source told the newspaper, the current presence of Chinese troops is of “platoon strength”, down from the “company strength” earlier but “they are much inside the Indian side”.