On January 24, the 9th round of the China-India Corps Commander-level meeting was held on the Chinese side of the Moldo-Chushul border meeting point. During the meeting, the two sides agreed that the meeting was "positive, practical and constructive," which further enhanced mutual trust and understanding.
Rajnath Singh said the Chinese would keep their troop presence in the North Bank area to east of Finger 8 and the Indian troops would be based at their permanent base at Dhan Singh Thapa Post near Finger 3.
India and China have agreed for a complete disengagement at Pangong Tso along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. China will keep its troops to the east of the Finger 8 at the north bank of Pangong Lake. India will keep its troops at its permanent base near Finger 3.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hit out at China saying the time has come to accept that dialogue and agreements will not persuade Beijing to Change.
Amid tension at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, India during the recently held military-level talks stated that it wants discussions over all friction points including Depsang and not just on Southern Pangong Tso.
India-China Border tension: With very little or no improvement at the border, both India and China armies are preparing for long haul winter as snowfall is likely to begin in coming weeks that will shoot down temprature down, creating challening conditions for the survival.
India-China face-off at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is continuing with the Indian Army foiling a number of attempts by China to unilaterally change the status quo. While several military commander level talks between the two armies have taken place, the issue is still not resolved. Though negociation talks underway, India said a Straight No when China said it wanted to deploy 50 troops near Finger 4 area, one of the friction points along the LAC.
Indian Army has occupied heights overlooking the Chinese Army positions at Finger 4 along the Pangong Tso lake. These operations were carried out along with the preemptive actions to occupy heights near the Southern bank of Pangong Tso lake around August end, according to sources.
Indian Army thwarted the Chinese PLA's attempt to capture the important peak after an intense face-off on the night of August 28-29 there and occupied the dormant height within its territory.
On the night of 29/30 August, PLA troops violated the previous consensus arrived at during military & diplomatic engagements during an ongoing standoff in Eastern Ladakh and carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo.
As India and China continue to be in a border dispute deadlock, Beijing has started laying fibre optics cables and installing other equipment for fifth-generation wireless technology -- commonly known as 5G -- along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans celebrated Independence Day on the banks of Pangong Tso, Ladakh at 14,000 feet.
Earlier, MEA had confirmed that both India and China have agreed on complete disengagement along the LoC. The ongoing dialogue has resulted in complete disengagement at Patrolling Point 14, 15 and 17A.
Amid tension at the border all the attention has now shifted to Pangong Lake, where Chinese soldiers are currently stationed with all their military paraphernalia for about one and a half months.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops, who have been engaged in a standoff with the Indian forces at several locations in eastern Ladakh, on Wednesday retreated by 100 metres in the Pangong Tso Lake area
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