National security advisor Ajit doval health talks with chinese foreign minister and state Councilor Wang Yi, over video call on Sunday (July 5th) evening.
In the talk of about 2 hours, the centre of the discussion was the “full and enduring restoration of peace and tranquillity and to work together to avoid such incidents in future- according to the sources.
They also agreed to provide phased and step-by-step de-escalation in the border area and no one should try to unilaterally manipulate the status quo to ensure that no future incident occur. And They reaffirmed that both sides should strictly respect and observe the line of actual control.
Both special representative agreed that they should take guidance from the consensus of the leaders to maintain peace and tranquility in the India China border area that is essential for the future development of a bilateral relation.
Earlier in the day, China said the front-line troops are taking essential measures and making progress to disengage and ease the tensions in the Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control with India. China’s People’s Liberation Army was seen detaching tents and structures at patrolling point 14, the sources said in New Delhi, adding the rearward movement of vehicles of Chinese troops was seen in the general area of Galwan and Gogra Hot Springs.
Today, sources said China has withdrawn its troops by at least a kilometer and dismantled its temporary structures in Ladakh’s Galwan river valley, where 20 soldiers were killed in action during a clash with Chinese troops on June 15. Indian soldiers have also pulled back and a buffer zone has been created, sources said.
For the past few weeks, through the crisis, Mr. Doval had been monitoring the situation from home despite the fact that he had chosen to self-quarantine after two family members contracted the Coronavirus. Sources said that Mr. Doval rejoined work at his office on Saturday, a day before the call with Mr. Wang.
Since the June 15 incident, India has deployed its Special War Forces along the 3,488-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Western, Central or Eastern sectors of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) against any form of attack. Can fight. Top government sources have confirmed that the Indian Army has been directed by the PLA to aggressively respond to any incident from across the border on the LAC.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said, “China and India troops held a commander-level dialogue on June 30. Both sides are implementing the consensus reached in the two rounds of talks. “They were asked for feedback on the news reports in the Indian media which said that the Chinese troops had retreated.
