'Jo ucchit samjho woh karo' (Do whatever you deem appropriate), this is what Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told the then Army Chief Gen MM Naravane on the night of August 31, 2020 following a tense situation with the Chinese PLA.
The Indian Air Force has said the Eastern Air Command would conduct an exercise to train its crew in the northeastern region but "this exercise was planned well in advance of the recent developments in Tawang and is not associated with these events".
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday paid tributes to the Army personnel killed in the Galwan Valley clashes two years back that marked the most serious military conflict between India and China in decades.
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Indian and Chinese troops and tanks disengaging from the banks of Pangong lake area in Eastern Ladakh on Feb 11
At least 45 Chinese soldiers were killed during the violent faceoff with Indian soldiers at Galwan valley in eastern Ladakh in June last news, media reports said citing Russian news agency TASS. It said that after June 15, 2020 clash, the two Asian giants increased the concentration of forces in the region. Each side deployed as many as 50,000 troops.
The border standoff between the Indian and Chinese militaries erupted on May 5 last year following a violent clash in the Pangong lake areas and both sides gradually enhanced their deployment by rushing in tens of thousands of soldiers as well as heavy weaponry even as the two sides continued military and diplomatic talks.
India and China have been engaged in a stand-off along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh since April-May last year. Defence minister Rajnath Singh said India has remained committed to maintaining peace.
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that sustained talks with China have led to an agreement on disengagement along the North and South banks of Pangong Lake. The Union minister also gave a detailed breakup of both sides removing troops from friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Briefing Rajya Sabha on the present situation in Eastern Ladakh, Singh said that India and China will be removing forward deployments in a phased and coordinated manner.