Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit Ladakh on July 17, and is likely to visit forward areas to meet the troops. (File)
A day after XIV Corps Commander Lt General Harinder Singh and South Xinjiang Military Region Commander Major General Liu Lin held talks for nearly 15 hours on disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, sources said the two sides had been able to “break the ice” on the standoff at Pangong Tso.
A senior official of the security establishment told The Indian Express Wednesday: “Earlier, China was not even ready to talk about Pangong Tso. Now we have agreed to discuss not just Finger 4 but Finger 8 too as well… things will be firmed up in subsequent meetings. The signs of resolution are very, very positive.”
In Pangong Tso, Chinese troops had come 8 km west of Finger 8 which India says marks the LAC. While the PLA has vacated the Finger 4 base area, its troops continue to occupy the ridgeline there.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said: “Chinese and Indian border troops held the fourth round of commander-level talks on July 14. Building on the common understanding reached at the previous three rounds of…
