India and China are scheduled to hold Corps Commander-level talks in Moldo, on the Chinese side of the Royal Line of Control (LAC) on Monday, in the border clash. This will be the sixth of those conversations on the subject.
An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) is likely to be part of the Indian delegation. This is the first time that an MEA official will be present at this meeting, people familiar with the developments said.
A high-powered government panel on China on Friday reviewed the latest developments in the Ladakh sector, where the two countries have been involved in the clash since May.
The agenda for the next round of military talks was discussed at Friday’s meeting attended by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Defense Chief of Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat, Chief of the army, General Manoj Mukund Naravane and other senior officials.
The meeting took place a day after Singh told Parliament that no force in the world can stop the Indian Army from patrolling the borders, indicating a determination to regain access to several areas that are now difficult to access. due to the actions of the Chinese army throughout LAC. .
In the previous five meetings, officers with the rank of Corps commander failed to break the deadlock. Monday’s meeting will be the first after the Indian army moved quickly and occupied key heights to prevent the People’s Liberation Army from seizing Indian territory on the southern shore of Pangong Tso in a stealth move midnight on August 29. .
This will be the first meeting since the foreign ministers of the two countries agreed on a five-point roadmap to promote the process of disconnection and de-escalation. The five-point plan was discussed when Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, met on the sidelines of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Moscow earlier this month.
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