New Delhi: China continues to provoke India, despite Indian and Chinese military commanders holding several rounds of disengagement talks to defuse the tensions at Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
China’s military has deployed around 350 tanks near the LAC. Beijing has deployed a sizeable number of its most sophisticated main battlefield tank ‘Type 99’ close to the Indian border. The PLA has deployed its tanks in many areas, including Despang Area and South Bank.
ince May 5The Indian and Chinese armies have been in a stalemate at multiple locations in eastern Ladakh . The tension escalated manifold after a violent clash in Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed. Since then, both the nuclear-powered nations have held nine rounds of talks.
The ninth round of talks between India and China was held on January 24 at Moldo border point on the Chinese side of the LAC in eastern Ladakh. The meeting lasted for 16 hours and ended at 2:30 pm on January 25. A joint statement was released regarding the military commander-level meeting, saying it was ‘positive, practical and constructive’.
