New Delhi, April 9
Military Commanders of India and China met again on Friday, the 11th such meeting since June last year, for talks on the standoff in eastern Ladakh along the LAC.
The meeting started around 10 am at Chushul along the LAC on the Indian side. Such meetings in the past have lasted more than 12 hours. The commanders are to decide on the timeline to restart the process of pulling back troops from the LAC. Troops of both sides started the ‘disengagement’ process along the banks of Pangong Tso, a 135-km glacial lake, on February 10. Following the disengagement, the process is stalled.
The next two steps, de-escalation and de-induction, which means pulling back troops and war equipment to the pre-April 2020 home bases, have yet to be initiated. — TNS
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