Indian and Chinese militaries will hold a ninth round of talks aimed at resolving the border disputes in Eastern Ladakh after a deadlock prevailed since the last negotiations in November 2020, sources said.
The Chief of Army staff said he was hopeful that India and China will be able to reach an agreement for disengagement and de-escalation based on an approach of mutual and equal security.
Pointing out that rounds of talks have been held at the diplomatic and military levels to solve the issue, the Defence Minister said "let me reiterate, we don't want conflict but peace. But we will not tolerate any harm to the country's self-respect," the Defence Minister asserted.
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Monday said that the Indian armed forces will leave no stone unturned to safeguard our frontiers be it at land, air or ocean.
The armies of India and China are locked in a tense border standoff in eastern Ladakh since early May.
Amid India-China border tension at LAC, a British daily "The Times", citing a Beijing-based professor, reported that the Chinese military used microwave weapons against Indian soldiers to retreat during the border standoff in eastern Ladakh.
Nearly six months after a standoff at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, India and China have reportedly agreed to withdraw their troops from forward positions and will "dismantle any new structures that have come up during the ongoing standoff since April-May this year in the Pangong lake area".
Railways has said that it will not go ahead with conditional resumption of trains after Punjab government had agreed to it. Railways has said that it will not run trains until state government gives complete assurance of no interference along the tracks.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief SS Deswal on Thursday said that the border issue between India and China in eastern Ladakh is expected to be resolved peacefully very shortly. Deswal said "strains in bilateral relations are already evident but we are confident these will be sorted out peacefully very shortly."
Springing in a major development amid longstanding Indo-Sino tensions, India and China have agreed upon a three-step disengagement plan.
After the standoff that lasted more than six months in eastern Ladakh, it seems India and China are close to a breakthrough over disengagement on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), news agency ANI reported quoting defence sources.
China Railway announced on Saturday the bidding results for the construction of two tunnels and one bridge, as well as the power supply project for the Ya’an-Linzhi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, indicating that construction of the project is about to begin.
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar while speaking on India's ties with China has said that ties were stable for three decades as two nations addressed inherited challenges and new circumstances. Peace and tranquillity in border areas provided basis for expanded cooperation in other domains.
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that India has dealt with the 'worst crisis' in decades along its border with China with firmness and maturity despite facing the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic.
Rahul Gandhi said, "Deep inside, Mr Bhagwat knows the truth. He is just scared to face it. The truth is China has taken our land and GOI & RSS have allowed it."
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performed 'Shastra Puja' or worship of weapons at Sukna War Memorial in West Bengal's Darjeeling on the occasion of Dussehra today. Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane was also present with Singh.
The US is closely monitoring the border row between India and China and does not want the situation to escalate, a senior Trump administration official has said.
The government has built 4,700-km four-lane all-weather roads on the border from the Galwan Valley in Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh in the last six years, the BJP president said.
Indian and Chinese military commanders will meet for the eighth time next week to deliberate on resolving the border dispute in eastern Ladakh, after all earlier rounds of talks ended up in deadlock with no sign of de-escalation at the Line of Actual Control even as the winter is setting in.
The seventh round of India and China military talks to resolve border disputes in Eastern Ladakh have ended in a deadlock.
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