NEW DELHI: India on Friday once again asked China to complete the stalled troop disengagement at Gogra, Hot Springs and Demchok, stop blocking Indian patrols in Depsang Plains and adhere to laid down protocols in order to de-escalate the year-long heighted border tensions in eastern Ladakh.
There was no official word on the outcome of the 11thround of corps commander-level talks, led by 14 Corps commander Lt-General P G K Menon and South Xinjiang Military District chief Major General Liu Lin, on the Indian side of the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point.
The dialogue, which included additional secretary (East Asia) Naveen Srivastava from the external affairs ministry, began at 10.30 am at Chushul and was underway till late in the night, said officials.
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Disengagement in Pangong Tso over, fresh talks today
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But the Depsang Plains or Bulge’ area, the table-top plateau at 16,000-feet that provides India access to the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) airstrip and the critical Karakoram Pass in the north, will be a much harder nut to crack.
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Indian and Chinese troops and tanks disengage from the banks of Pangong lake area in Eastern Ladakh where they had been deployed opposite each other for almost ten months now
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(This story originally appeared in on Feb 19, 2021)India and China have completed troop disengagement on both sides of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, setting the stage for talks on the remaining friction points’ at Hot Springs, Gogra and Demchok as well as the strategically-located Depsang Plains in the next corps commander-level meeting on Saturday.
The talks are taking place two days after the Chinese and Indian militaries completed the withdrawal of troops, weapons and other military hardware from the North and South banks of Pangong lake areas.
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday asked China for faster disengagement at Gogra, Hot Springs and Demchok areas, while asserting the need for Chinese soldiers to stop blocking Indian patrols in Depsang Plains to de-escalate the overall tensions in eastern Ladakh.
There was no official word on the outcome of the tenth round of corps commander-level talks, led by 14 Corps commander Lt-General P G K Menon and South Xinjiang Military District chief Major General Liu Lin, on the Chinese side of the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on Saturday.
The dialogue, which included additional secretary (East Asia) Naveen Srivastava from the external affairs ministry in the Indian delegation, began at 10am and went on till 2am.