India and China met in eastern Ladakh on Friday for the disengagement process in the remaining friction points such as Hot Springs, Godra and Depsang, people familiar with development stated.
They stated that the 11th round of Military commanders talks began at 10:30 AM at Chushul border point of Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the Indian side in the Eastern Ladakh. The meeting was continuing till around 10:00 PM.
After two months gap on 20 February 2021, the 10th round of military commanders was held. In which after two days both the militaries decided to withdraw the troops and weapons from the North and South banks of Pangong Lake. They decided to resolve the issue and the meeting lasted after 16 hours. The focus of the meeting with the Chinese commander was to early resolve the issue of disengagement at friction points.
The 10th round of military commanders meeting from the Chinese side was led by the South Xinjiang military district commander Major Gen Liu Lin of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
In this, the Indian Delegates were led by Leh-based 14 crops Commander, Lieutenant General PGK Menon.
The meeting focus to resolve the disengagement at the friction areas of Hot-Spring, Gogra, and Despang plains. In the meeting, the commander’s discussed the serious issues related to the patrolling at3 friction points at Pangong Lake.
On 10th February China announced that “Delhi and Bejing had agreed to disengage at Pangong Lake.” In the nine rounds of the meetings of military commanders, “India specifically forced China to withdraw the Chinese troops from the Figure 4 to 8 on the North bank of Pangong Lake.”
Last Month the Army Chief General MM Naravane stated that “The threat to India has only abated following the disengagement in the Pangong lake areas, but it has not gone away altogether.”
Since 5th May 2021, both countries were locked in a standoff that follows a violent clash at the Pangong lake and both deployed their 10 thousand soldiers with heavy weapons. Even in June 2020, there was a vicious attack at Galway Valley in which 20 Indian Soldiers were shot dead and four Chinese on the LAC.
Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said, on Thursday that, “India would like to see the disengagement in the remaining areas, which would lead to de-escalation in eastern Ladakh.”
The Ministry of External Affairs stated in the statement that, “It would hopefully lead to restoration of peace and tranquility and provide better relations between the two countries.”
He added, ‘On 12 March 2021 both the countries decided and agreed to hold 11th round of military commanders meeting at the Working Mechanism on Coordination and Consultation (WMCC).’
The 21st meeting of WMCC was held on 12th march in which India and China border issues were discussed. The meeting was headed by the Ministry of external affairs, headed by the Indian delegation. India was insisting to resolve the issue of disengagement as both the countries have to ties the knot for the future operations.
