India-China: military also seeks to change rules of engagement along actual line of control
New Delhi:
One day after inconclusive discussions on the confrontation in eastern Ladakh, a divisional general of the Indian army meets with Chinese officers in the Galwan valley. Ongoing talks are taking place in the region where violent clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers took place on Monday evening. 20 soldiers, including a colonel, gave their lives for India, while army sources said they believed 45 Chinese soldiers had been killed or injured.
For the time being, there are no signs of disengagement by Chinese people in the region, sources said. The area is close to the actual control line or LAC between India and China in eastern Ladakh.
China surpassed Indian posts in this region during the 1962 war, but since then it has not patrolled the region frequently and has not claimed any land claims. They now claim the entire Galwan Valley, which places them in direct conflict with the Indian army.
Chinese soldiers have taken “planned and planned measures” that were directly responsible for Monday’s clash in the Galwan Valley, Chinese Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
India wants to restore the status quo along the LAC region that prevailed before May, when the first reports of Chinese incursions began to appear.
Talks between key generals from India and China were inconclusive on Wednesday.
At a similar meeting on June 6, lieutenant-general level talks were held to end the impasse in Pangong Tso and a number of other areas in eastern Ladakh. During the meeting, which lasted more than four and a half hours, Indian lobbied for the restoration of the status quo and the immediate withdrawal of a significant number of Chinese troops from all points of suspension.
