NEW DELHI: India and China are likely to hold the eighth round of talks with the Corps Commander this week to withdrawal and de-escalated along the actual control line at Eastern ladakh.
“The eighth round of talks is likely to take place this week and the dates are being defined between the two parties,” government sources told ANI.
This round of talks is likely to be crucial as the two sides have started discussing the disengagement and de-escalation of all friction points in eastern Ladakh, including the north and south shores of Lake Pangong, along with the others. points from which complete disconnection had not yet been achieved. .
In the eighth round of talks, the Indian side is likely to be led by the new Commander of the 14th Corps, Lieutenant General PGK Menon, who recently replaced Lieutenant General Harinder Singh. Singh has now been transferred to the Indian Military Academy (IMA), where he would be in charge of training future generations of army officers.
After being at a standstill for more than four months, India got ahead of the Chinese and occupied the dominant heights on both the southern and northern shores of Lake Pangong.
The Chinese opposed the measure even though Indian army it was within its own side of the Line of Current Control (LAC). The development had seen the Chinese side fire into the air in places where the Indian side occupied higher positions at strategic heights such as Rezang La, Rechen La and many other features of the hill.
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