Eastern Ladakh: India says would really like disengagement at remaining friction factors

Ahead of one other spherical of high-level army talks with China, India on Thursday mentioned it wish to see disengagement at remaining friction factors in jap Ladakh that might result in restoration of peace and tranquillity alongside the frontier and supply situations for progress of general bilateral ties.
The eleventh spherical of Corps Commander talks is scheduled to begin at 10.30 am on Friday on the Chushul border level on the Indian facet of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in jap Ladakh. Sources mentioned excellent issues, together with in Depsang, Hot Springs and Gogra, can be taken up on the talks by the Indian facet.
The tenth spherical of army talks passed off on February 20, two days after the armies of the 2 nations concluded withdrawal of troops and weapons from North and South banks of Pangong lake areas. The talks lasted for round 16 hours.
At a media briefing on Thursday, the Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi underlined the necessity for disengagement in remaining areas in jap Ladakh. “We would like to see disengagement in the remaining areas which would lead to de-escalation in eastern Ladakh and that would hopefully lead to restoration of peace and tranquillity and provide conditions for progress of our overall bilateral relationship,” he mentioned.
The Indian delegation at Friday’s talks is to be led by Lt Gen P G Ok Menon, the Commander of the Leh-based 14 Corps.
China, in the meantime, mentioned it believed that India’s proposal for restoration of the established order of April 2020 at jap Ladakh needs to be mentioned in conferences between the 2 nations.
It additionally mentioned there isn’t a delay in holding talks with India to debate the disengagement of troops from the remaining friction factors in jap Ladakh. At a media briefing in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian denied any delay in holding the eleventh spherical of talks. His response got here when identified that it will be about two months because the first disengagement passed off and a month because the tenth spherical of talks on the disengagement of troops.
“There is no delayed meeting as you cited. I want to stress that the merits of the situation at the India-China border are very clear and the responsibility does not rest with the Chinese side,” Zhao mentioned. “We hope the Indian side will work with China to follow through the important consensus of our two state leaders, abide by relevant agreements and treaties to de-escalate the tension at the border.”