Indian Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi, on Tuesday, said the situation with China is “stable”. However, he added the situation is not “normal” and dubbed it “sensitive”. “The situation is stable at LAC, but not normal and it’s sensitive. We will remain there till things don’t become normal,” said the Army chief.
The Indian and Chinese troops are locked in a standoff in certain friction points in eastern Ladakh even as the two sides completed disengagement from several areas following extensive diplomatic and military talks. India has been maintaining that its ties with China cannot be normal unless there is peace in the border areas.
Some consensus reached in troops disengagement: China
The statement from the Army Chief came days after Beijing claimed the difference between the two nuclear nations was “reduced”. Also, it claimed to build “some consensus” on disengaging troops from friction points to end the standoff in eastern Ladakh. According to the Chinese Defence Ministry, both sides agreed to maintain dialogue to reach a resolution acceptable to both sides at an “early date”.
Earlier on September 12, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also echoed nearly the same statement. “Roughly 75 per cent of the disengagement problems” with China are sorted out,” he said. On the issue of lingering border row in eastern Ladakh, Jaishankar underscored that the bigger issue has been the increasing militarization of the frontier.
We made some progress: Jaishankar
In an interactive session at a think-tank in this Swiss city, Jaishankar said the Galwan Valley clashes of June 2020 affected the “entirety” of India-China ties, asserting that one cannot have violence at the border and then say the rest of the relationship is insulated from it. The external affairs minister said negotiations between the two sides to find a solution to the problem are underway.
“Now those negotiations are going on. We made some progress. I would say roughly you can say about 75 per cent of the disengagement problems are sorted out,” he said at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. “We still have some things to do,” Jaishankar said, responding to a question.
The external affairs minister indicated that the relationship can improve if there is a resolution to the row. “We hope that if there is a solution to the disengagement and there is a return to peace and tranquility, then we can look at other possibilities,” he said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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