Top military commanders from India and China will hold another round of talks on 12 October as both sides prepare to stay dug in at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh through the winter, which has already started setting in.
The situation between China and India has become tense once again, recently China accused Indian soldiers of crossing the border and firing. It is also being claimed that the latest clash took place on a hill at the southern end of Pangog Soo Lake in Ladakh. The conflict between India and China has been going on in Ladakh since May 5. Even after four months, it has not yielded any result and on 15 June, the confrontation in the Galvan valley took a violent turn. In the hand-to-hand battle, 20 soldiers of the Indian Army were martyred.
According to report, Lt General P G K Menon, who will take over from Singh, was part of the last meeting of Corps Commanders on September 21 and will be present at the latest round too. The previous meeting on September 21 was also the first since May in which a diplomat was present from the Indian side – Naveen Srivastava, Joint Secretary (East Asia) in the Ministry of External Affairs
The 6th round of Indian and Chinese senior commanders took place on 21 September, after which the two sides issued a joint statement. According to the statement, the leaders of the two countries were sincerely called upon to enforce the critical consensus and there would be talk of stopping sending more troops to the frontline.
