Sign of de-escalation! Chinese Army moves back in Galwan after Corps Commander-level talks

Ladakh, July 06: In a major development, People's Liberation Army's Chinese troops have moved back tents and vehicles by 1-2 kilometers from locations where disengagement was agreed upon at Corps Commander-level talks, Indian Army sources said on Monday.

 

 

 

However, Chinese heavy armored vehicles are still present in the depth areas in the Galwan river area whereas the Indian Army is continuously reviewing the situation with caution.

 

The third meeting of Corps Commander-level between India and China went on for 12 hours on July 1 at Chushul, on the Indian side. The two-level talks took place in Moldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) wherein the second meet of the talks held on June 22 with both sides reaching a mutual consensus and emphasized the need for an expeditious, phased and stepwise de-escalation as a priority along the LAC.

 

Having said that the commanders from both countries had met initially on June 6 and agreed to disengage at multiple locations in which India had asked the Chinese side to return to pre-May 4 military positions along the LAC. Between May 5 and 6, a clash in Ladakh occurred between Indian and Chinese patrol teams near Pangong Tso. Three days later, another brutal face-off took place at Naku La in Sikkim in which four Indian and seven Chinese soldiers were reportedly injured.

 

On June 15-16, 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives in a violent face-off in Galwan valley after an attempt by the Chinese troops to "unilaterally change the status quo" during the de-escalation.