LEH: In a strategically significant move, the Indian army has occupied the height on the south bank of Pangong Tso in Ladakh which will give you an advantage in the area.
Sources said that on the night of August 29-30, a special operations battalion moved into the area and occupied the heights with Chinese troops just a few hundred meters away.
“The height occupied by the Indian Army troops, including a special operations battalion, is located south of the southern shore of Pangong Tso, near Thakung. The height was inactive and may give a strategic advantage to the side holding it for control the southern shore of the lake and the surrounding areas, “said the sources.
They said the height is in the area below the Indian side of LAC, but the Chinese also claim that it is on their side.
According to sources, two meetings have already been held at the level of brigade commanders in Chushul / Moldo to resolve the issue, but the talks have not been successful.
the PLA The Western Theater Command had previously said that Indian troops violated the consensus reached in “multi-level talks” between the two countries.
“Indian troops have violated the consensus reached in the multi-level talks between India and China and again crossed the line of actual control at the border on Monday and intentionally launched provocations,” the PLA’s Western Theater Command said according to the Chinese state agency. Global times.
This came after an Indian army spokesman said that India has foiled an attempt by the Chinese army to transgress in Indian areas near the southern shore of Pangong Tso near Chushul in Ladakh on the middle night of Saturday and Sunday and talks are being held now to solve the problem there.
“On the night of August 29-30, PLA troops violated the previous consensus reached during military and diplomatic clashes on the current clash in eastern Ladakh and carried out provocative military moves to change the status quo. “Army spokesman Colonel Aman Anand said in a statement.
The Indian army took steps to strengthen its position and “thwarted Chinese intentions to unilaterally change the facts on the ground.”
India and China have been in a confrontation from April-May over the transgressions of the Chinese army in multiple areas, including Finger, Galwan valley, hot springs and Kongrung Nala.
While efforts are underway to resolve the ongoing border dispute, India has rejected China’s suggestion to withdraw equidistant from the Finger area in
Eastern Ladakh.
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