Offer under consideration as China suggests Divisional Commander level talks
New Delhi, June 15: Even as the tense standoff refuses to die down along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, China has suggested negotiations at the Division Commander level, which involve teams headed by officers of the rank of Major General.
The Division Commander level talks are different compared to the Corps Commander level talks which involves more senior officers.
The last time India and China held the Corps Commander level talks was on April 9 and that ended in a stalemate. Today marks one year since the Galwan Valley clash.
Bottomline at LAC: Restore status quo as it existed in April 2020
The
only
major
development
since
then
has
been
the
disengagement
in
Pangong
Tso.
China
conveyed
to
India
that
negotiations
for
disengagement
at
Hot
Springs
and
Gogra
Post
can
be
held
by
the
Division
Commanders.
The
offer
is
under
consideration,
officials
have
told
OneIndia.
The PLA troops have built both permanent and temporary accommodation and have procured additional snow mobility vehicles. Further the Chinese troops have been rotated in the Pangong Lake area and the 4th and 6th division were withdrawn from both banks of the lake. They were replaced by the 8th and 11th divisions and both have two mobility regiments, an artillery and armoured regiment as well.
Intelligence inputs have suggested that the Chinese are preparing for a long haul and this is an indicator that they are no mood of any sort of escalation immediately.
Last week, it was year since both sides started negotiations to dial down tensions but people familiar with the developments say that there has been limited success.There have been 11 rounds of military commander level talks since the past year. The first round of talks were held on June 6 2020.