SOURCE: TIMES NOW
Amid heightened tensions along the border, the armies of India and China will hold a fresh round of top-level military talks on Tuesday to resolve the standoff at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The Corps Commander or Lt General-level talks this time will take place on the Indian side of the LAC in eastern Ladakh, at Chushul, said official sources.
The third round of Corps Commander-level talks is slated to begin at 10:30 am between 14 Corps Commander Lieutenant General Harinder Singh and South Xinjiang Military District chief Major General Liu Lin. The first two rounds of top-level talks were held at Moldo on the Chinese side of the LAC on June 6 and 22, respectively.
“This time the talks will be held in Chushul on the Indian side. The last two meetings were held in Moldo on the Chinese side,” IANS quoted sources as saying.
“All contentious areas during the current standoff will be discussed to stabilise the situation,” they added.
It may be recalled that the first round of Corps Commander-level talks were held on June 6 for over six hours while the talks on June 22 had extended beyond 11 hours.
The last round of meeting was held in a cordial, positive and constructive atmosphere and there was “mutual consensus to disengage”. “Modalities for disengagement from all friction areas in eastern Ladakh were discussed,” the Indian Army had stated.
Apart from the Corps Commander-level talks, meetings have also taken place at several levels in the military, including Major General-level dialogue for three consecutive days post the June 15-16 violent clash at Patrolling Point 14 in Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed in action.
It may be noted that the Chinese are reported to have built up at several locations along the LAC and military talks are focussing on disengagement of troops from all friction points.
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