Ladakh Standoff: India Gives A Strong Message To China

Ladakh standoff: India gives a strong message to China, marathon meeting lasted for 15 hours. After a gap of about two and a half months, the Indian and Chinese armies held the ninth round of Corps Commander level talks on Sunday.

The aim was to move forward in the process of removing troops from all confrontational locations in eastern Ladakh.

The marathon meeting started at 11 am in Moldo, located on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, ended at two and a half hours.

During this time, India once again made it clear that China is solely responsible for reducing tension in the region.

Earlier, in the eighth round of talks held on November 6, the two sides discussed extensively the withdrawal of troops from specific places of confrontation.

The Indian delegation is led by Lieutenant General PGK Menon, the commander of the 14th Corps at Leh.

India has been consistently saying that it is the responsibility of China to carry forward the process of withdrawing troops from all the conflict areas in the region and to reduce the tension.

The seventh round of Corps Commander level talks took place on October 12, with China insisting on the removal of Indian troops from extremely high places of strategic importance around the southern coast of Pangong Lake.

Ladakh standoff: But India had said to start the process of withdrawal of troops from all the places of collision at the same time.

At least 50,000 Indian Army personnel are still deployed in various mountainous areas in eastern Ladakh with preparations for war.

In fact, no concrete result has been involved in several rounds of talks between the two countries to resolve the deadlock.

According to officials, China has deployed an equal number of troops. Last month, India and China held another round of diplomatic negotiations on the India-China border affairs under the WMCC framework, but this too did not yield any tangible results.

After the sixth round of military talks, the two sides announced a series of decisions, including not sending more troops on the front fronts, unilateral efforts to change ground positions, and abstaining from any activity that made matters more complicated.