Ladakh: Tension that had prevailed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Wednesday after a face-off between the Indian and the Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh region ended following a delegation-level talk.
The day-long stand-off took place near the northern bank of the Pangong lake in Ladakh, two-thirds of which is controlled by China. Incidentally, it is the same area where the Indian and Chinese troops had engaged in a bitter scuffle during the Doklam standoff.
“There was a face-off between the two armies but it got over after the delegation-level talks between two sides. The face-off is over now and it had de-escalated and disengaged fully after delegation-level talks yesterday [Wednesday],” the Indian Army said.
The Indian Army has said similar incidents can take place along the LAC in view of its exercise in Arunachal Pradesh starting October in which the Indian Air Force and the Army will jointly exercise real war scenario inside the Indian territory.
This comes around a month ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 10-12 near Chennai.
