Continued consolidation of military along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) by China and India has triggered talks again on Sunday, January 24. India asked China for complete disengagement and de-escalation from the border areas.
As per a report published in Times of India, reports are rife that India proposed a 'workable and sequential' roadmap of disengagement, de-escalation and de-induction from the site in question in eastern Ladakh.
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India also asked for ensuring status quo-ante at 'friction points' in Pangong Tso, Chusul and Gogra Hotsprings as a first step.
No official statement has yet come in the media about the 9th round of talks but the 14 Corps commander Lt-General P G K Menon and South Xinjiang Military District chief Major General Liu Lin led the delegation.
As per reports, the meeting began at the Chusul-Modlo border in the Chinese side on Sunday at 11 am and it continued till 2:30 am on Monday.
As per sources, China has hardened its stance and upgraded the infrastructure along the LAC on 3,488 KM after the Ladakh conflict between India and China. As per sources, it is extremely difficult to push the Chinese side back but talks are essential to maintain peace at the border areas.
China has been demanding that to start the disengaging
process, India should first disengage from the south bank of Pangong Tso-Chusul
area where India has occupied advantageous areas in August.
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As the Kailash range in the Chusul sector provided India an advantageous situation over China, India is pressing for whole disengagement from China's side from eastern Ladakh.
If all goes well, PLA is likely withdraw from Finger 4 to Finger 8 on the north bank of Pangong Tso. They will perhaps disengage from their 8 km stretch but things are still obscure.
As per an officer who was quoted by TOI, the infrastructure built by China gave them edge over India and they had an advantage as far as resources are concerned. According to the officer, India will now willy-nilly have to treat LAC, just like the LOC with Pakistan.
As the stance of China is hardened and their historic aggressive
and assertive nature, it is still very hard to say the situation will normalize
at the border. The official versions and statement from the government side can
surely help in calming the quandaries.