The stand-off between the Indian and Chinese armies in eastern Ladakh is now in its ninth week.
The top defence-security establishment in India plans to keep a eagle eye for any signs of Beijing not enduring by the phase-wise disengagement and de-escalation agreed to by Indian and Chinese military commanders on June 30.
China said Chinese and Indian troops have taken “effective measures” to disengage at the Galwan Valley and other areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and the situation is “stable and improving,” days after the two sides agreed on an expeditious withdrawal of soldiers from all the standoff points.
The standoffs between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), where initial steps towards disengagement have taken place, are around a number of patrolling points or PPs in Galwan, Hot Springs and Gogra areas.
Another round of virtual meet between India-China on border issue to take place tomorrow
sources on Tuesday asserted a reduction of China’s People’s Liberation Army at the Pangong Tso Lake of eastern Ladakh. The sources added that the disengagement in Patrolling Point 15 will finish by July 8 (Wednesday) and that in Patrolling Point 17 Alpha in will finish in the next two days.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday (July 8) accused China of taking “incredibly aggressive action” in a recent confrontation with India over a disputed section of the nuclear-armed neighbors border.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday (July 8) accused China of taking “incredibly aggressive action” in a recent confrontation with India over a disputed section of the nuclear-armed neighbors` border.
“The Chinese took incredibly aggressive action,” he told a State Department news conference, referring to the clash last month in the Galwan Valley. “The Indians have done their best to respond to that,” a Reuters report quoted Pompeo as saying.
