Since May, Chinese forces have transgressed in 6 areas throughout the disputed ALC in Ladakh.
New Delhi:
China should “sincerely engage” with India to restore peace along the border through total disengagement, New Delhi said today, stating that negotiations are the only way forward.
On the Chinese military provocations in Ladakh’s Pangong Tso, the Foreign Ministry said these actions were “intended to effect a unilateral change in the status quo.”
Chinese troops participated in a provocative action on the southern shore of Lake Pangong last Saturday night and again on Monday, but the Indian forces were prepared and were able to “prevent these attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo” on the Line of Royal Control, the government said.
China made a second attempt “even as the ground commanders of the two sides were in talks to reduce the situation,” the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, adding that India had engaged with China through diplomatic and military channels. and it has. “He urged them to discipline and control” their front-line troops. “
Foreign Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said commanders on the ground are still in talks to resolve the situation.
“We reiterate the consensus reached between the two Foreign Ministers and Special Representatives that the situation at the border should be handled responsibly and neither party should take any provocative action or escalate things. It is clear that the situation we witness in The last four months is the direct result of actions taken by the Chinese side that sought to achieve a unilateral change of the status quo. These actions resulted in the violation of bilateral agreements and protocols that ensured peace and tranquility in the border areas during almost three decades, “Kumar said.
“Now the way forward is negotiations, both through diplomatic and military channels. The Indian side is firmly committed to resolving all outstanding issues through peaceful dialogue.”
On Monday, in a daytime operation, Indian soldiers were surrounded by Chinese soldiers trying to regain heights dominated by the Indian army. Chinese soldiers were warned not to proceed and a Chinese military commander in talks with an Indian brigadier was told at the time to tell his forces to withdraw to avoid any escalation.
After China’s July 29 attempt was thwarted, the Chinese Embassy in Delhi, in a forceful statement, said that “India’s move has seriously violated China’s territorial sovereignty, seriously violated the agreements, protocols and important consensuses reached between the two countries “.
The army has taken effective military control of the entire area until India perceived the Royal Line of Control in the region. It now controls multiple key ridges on the southern shore of Pangong Lake, the sources say, adding that this was the result of an entirely defensive move to counter the Chinese build-up.
Since May, Chinese forces have repeatedly transgressed six areas along the disputed Royal Line of Control in eastern Ladakh. In June, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in action in the Galwan Valley.
Although a buffer zone between the forces has since been created, the disconnection process was not completed.
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