Army rejects purported video of eastern Ladakh face-off
   Date :01-Jun-2020

Army rejects video of Lad
 
NEW DELHI :
 
THE Indian Army on Sunday rejected a video, which emerged on the social media, purportedly showing clashes between Chinese and Indian troops in eastern Ladakh. “The contents of video being circulated are not authenticated. Attempt to link it with the situation on the Northern borders is malafide,” the Army said in a statement. It said differences between the two sides are being addressed through interaction between military commanders following established protocols on management of border between the two countries. The undated video purportedly shows clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in the Pangong Tso area in eastern Ladakh. “Currently, no violence is happening.
 
Differences are being addressed through interaction between military commanders, guided by established protocols on management of borders between the two countries,” the Army said. “We strongly condemn attempts to sensationalise issues impacting national security. The media is requested not to air visuals that are likely to vitiate the current situation on the borders,” it added. Troops of India and China were engaged in a major stand-off for over three weeks in Pangong Tso, Galwan Valley, Demchok and Daulat Beg Oldie in eastern Ladakh, in what is turning out to be the biggest confrontation between the two countries after the Doka La episode in 2017.
 
 
The situation deteriorated after around 250 Chinese and Indian soldiers were engaged in a violent face-off on the evening of May 5 in Pangong Tso which spilled over to the next day before the two sides agreed to “disengage”. However, the stand-off continued. The trigger for the face-off was China’s stiff opposition to India laying a key road in the Finger area around the Pangong Tso besides construction of another road connecting the Darbuk-Shayok-Daulat Beg Oldie road in Galwan Valley. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said bilateral talks were on at military and diplomatic levels with China to resolve the row.
 
 
China continues military build up, despite talks
 
New Delhi,
 
May 31 (ANI)
 
AMID ongoing efforts to resolve the India-China dispute in Ladakh through talks, the Chinese have been building up their troop strength along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) as they have brought in a large number of heavy vehicles with artillery guns and infantry combat vehicles which can be deployed near the Indian territory in a matter of few hours. The development is taking place even as the Indian and Chinese side have been talking to each other at the battalion and brigade level at all the locations in the Eastern Ladakh area which have not yielded any results so far as the Chinese have not gone back from any of the positions they have come to and face-offs have been continuously taking place between soldiers of both sides at different locations. “A large number of Class A vehicles can be seen in the rear positions of the Chinese Army which has built up considerably in the Eastern Ladakh area near the Line of Actual Control. These vehicles are stationed 25-30 kilometres from the Indian side of the LAC,” sources told ANI.