First extensive India-China military talks tomorrow
| Date :05-Jun-2020 |
Indian Army officer Brigadier H S Gill shakes hand with Chinese PLA Senior Col Bai Min during an earlier meeting.
NEW DELHI :
India to bring specific proposals to military talks with China on Saturday, say sources
The talks will be led by Lieutenant Generals from both the armies
INDIAN and Chinese military will hold their first extensive talks on Saturday, and both sides are expected to deliberate on specific proposals to end the month-long bitter standoff in eastern Ladakh, official sources said on Thursday. The talks will be led by Lieutenant Generals from both the armies. The General Officer Commanding of Leh-based 14 Corps, Lt Gen Harinder Singh, is set to represent India at the talks which is scheduled to be held at one of the border meeting points, the sources said. The Indian side is expected to present specific proposals at the talks to deescalate tension in Pangong Tso, Galwan Valley and Demchok -- the three areas in eastern Ladakh where the two sides have been on a bitter standoff for last one month, the sources said. It is not immediately known what will be the proposals that the Indian military will take to the negotiating table but it is understood that it will insist on return to status quo in all the areas.
The two sides have already held at least 10 rounds of negotiations between local commanders as well as major general-rank officials of the two armies but the talks did not yield any positive result, they said. It is learnt that two sides are also engaged in diplomatic talks to find a solution to the face-off which is turning out to be the most serious military stand-off between the two armies after the Doka La episode of 2017. “We are expecting that the Chinese side will also bring to table specific workable suggestion to ease tension,” said a senior military official on condition of anonymity.
After the stand-off began early last month, the Indian military leadership decided that Indian troops will adopt a firm approach dealing with the aggressive posturing by the Chinese troops in all disputed areas of Pangong Tso, Galwan Valley, Demchok and Daulat Beg Oldie. The Chinese Army is learnt to have deployed around 2,500 troops in Pangong Tso and Galwan Valley besides gradually enhancing temporary infrastructure and weaponry. Official sources said satellite images have captured significant ramping up of defence infrastructure by China on its side of the de-facto border including construction activities at a military airbase around 180 km from the Pangong Tso area. India has also been bolstering its presence by sending additional troops and artillery guns, they said.
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