, Sushant Singh
, Shubhajit Roy
| New Delhi |
Updated: June 23, 2020 11:54:38 pm
India has been asking for status quo ante, or the troops to move back to their position in April end, before the standoff began, which now has entered its eighth week.
The meeting between Corps Commanders of the Indian and Chinese armies ended Monday with “mutual consensus to disengage” with detailed discussions on the modalities of a sector-wise, stage-wise disengagement on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
But no timeline for the disengagement process was finalised at the meeting between XIV Corps Commander Lt General Harinder Singh and South Xinjiang Military Region Commander Major General Liu Lin. Hosted by the Chinese side at the Moldo border point opposite Chushul, the meeting lasted nearly 11 hours.
On Tuesday, Army chief General MM Naravane reached Leh on a two-day visit to Ladakh. He visited the Military Hospital, Leh and met the soldiers injured in the Galwan Valley clashes with Chinese troops on June 15 in which 20 Indian personnel were killed.
General Naravane, scheduled to visit forward areas in Ladakh Wednesday, was accompanied by Northern Army Commander Lt…
