Border Tension: India-China 20th meeting resolves to talk more

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By Our Special Correspondent

New Delhi, October 11: The 20^th Corps Commander level meeting between India and China ended on note that they should maintain the momentum of negotiations and dialogue through relevant military and diplomatic mechanism. The meeting was held at Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Indian side on October 9-10.

The Ministry of External Affairs issued a terse statement on the meeting between the Indian and the Chinese military commanders. The statement was without any details which had not been mentioned previously. The Chinese side was yet to issue any statement on the outcome of the meeting.

Several accounts have maintained that China continues to build military strength across the line of actual control in the aftermath of the violent Galwan clash the eastern Ladakh sector. Unknown number of casualties had taken on the Chinese side. The Galwan mishap had featured in the national congress meeting of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The MEA stated in its statement that the two sides agreed to keep talking within the framework agreed upon the leadership of the two countries. Incidentally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have not met formally since the Galwan clash. But the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs had spoken of the ‘Bali Consensus’ to resolve the border tension. Modi and Xi had briefly chatted on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Bali, Indonesia.

While 20 rounds of meetings have taken place, the military commentators have been claiming that the status quo remains and China maintaining aggressive posturing. India too has accelerated the infrastructure development across the line of actual control by unveiling a special scheme for the states having borders with China.

The MEA stated that the “two sides exchanged views in a frank, open and constructive manner for an early and mutually acceptable resolution of the remaining issues along the LAC in the western sector, in accordance with the guidance provided by the national leadership of the two countries, and building on the progress made in the last round of the meeting.”