NEW DELHI: India and China are pushing for resolution of “other outstanding issues” in addition to the disengagement in eastern Ladakh, raising hopes that any deal that may be reached could include other “problem areas” in the actutal control line (LACQUER).
Inform journalists, MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava Indian said and Chinese military commanders and the officials would meet again “soon.” “India and China have agreed to maintain dialogue and communication through military and diplomatic channels and, by advancing the discussions at the Senior Commanders meeting, to press for the solution of other pending issues.”
There have been reports that India and China are considering withdrawal proposals in eastern Ladakh, where the two armies have been in a stalemate since May.
Srivastava described the latest round of talks between senior military commanders on November 6 as “sincere, insightful and constructive.” The two sides, he said, “exchanged views on disconnection at all points of friction along the Royal Line of Control in the western sector of the India-China border areas.”
This could include not only the northern and southern shores of the Pangong Tso but could also the pending question on the Depsang Plains, where Indian patrols have been stopped by the Chinese side.
From August 29-30, Indian troops occupied key strategic points in the Kailash mountain range in the south shore of the Pangong Tso, effectively checkmate the Chinese entry.
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