India-china Talks

The incremental incursions across the LAC and subsequent calls for talks suggest a long-term strategy by China with no clear endgame, according to a report in Newsweek.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will come face-to-face on Friday for the first time since border clashes in 2020 frayed ties.

Senior Indian Air Force officers were part of military talks with China on Tuesday to ensure that there is no breach of Indian airspace in the Ladakh region.

India said it is engaged in talks with China with a focus on a "path" to resolve outstanding issues in eastern Ladakh that entailed disengagement, de-escalation and having some degree of stability in the border areas.

The 16th round of Corps Commander level talks between India and China began on Sunday at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Indian side, according to the sources.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday said that India and China must solve the border dispute through talks and peaceful means.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that it was monitoring the situation after reports claimed that the Chinese side was constructing a second bridge over the Pangong Tso Lake in the Union Territory of Ladakh.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi for talks on Friday, the highest-level meetings since border clashes two years ago strained diplomatic ties between the nuclear-armed Asian giants.

After another round of high-level military talks, India and China on Saturday affirmed that a resolution of the eastern Ladakh standoff would facilitate progress in bilateral relations besides helping restore peace in the region.

The Operation Snow Leopard' is still on with troops on alert and ready to meet any eventuality as the focus of disengagements in Ladakh continues to be through talks, Army's northern commander Lt Gen Y K Joshi said on Saturday.

There was no breakthrough in the 14th round of talks between the militaries of India and China and the two sides agreed to stay in close contact and maintain dialogue to work out a mutually acceptable resolution of the remaining issues at the earlies

China said that current situation on the border areas with India was "stable" as it confirmed that 14th round of Corps Commander-level talks to discuss disengagement process in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh will be held on Wednesday.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today expressed confidence that the ongoing talks between China and India for a peaceful resolution of the eastern Ladakh standoff will continue while Indian troops stand "firm" in the region.

Noting that pending issues with China concerning LAC in eastern Ladakh were being resolved through talks, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Saturday said that there is suspicion between the two countries and the issues take time

India should not expect favourable outcome in every round of talks held with China on border issues and "points of divergence" with the neighbouring country will be resolved as long as both nations keep talking, Army Chief General MM Naravane said.

The incremental incursions across the LAC and subsequent calls for talks suggest a long-term strategy by China with no clear endgame, according to a report in Newsweek.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will come face-to-face on Friday for the first time since border clashes in 2020 frayed ties.

Senior Indian Air Force officers were part of military talks with China on Tuesday to ensure that there is no breach of Indian airspace in the Ladakh region.

India said it is engaged in talks with China with a focus on a "path" to resolve outstanding issues in eastern Ladakh that entailed disengagement, de-escalation and having some degree of stability in the border areas.

The 16th round of Corps Commander level talks between India and China began on Sunday at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Indian side, according to the sources.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday said that India and China must solve the border dispute through talks and peaceful means.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that it was monitoring the situation after reports claimed that the Chinese side was constructing a second bridge over the Pangong Tso Lake in the Union Territory of Ladakh.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi for talks on Friday, the highest-level meetings since border clashes two years ago strained diplomatic ties between the nuclear-armed Asian giants.

After another round of high-level military talks, India and China on Saturday affirmed that a resolution of the eastern Ladakh standoff would facilitate progress in bilateral relations besides helping restore peace in the region.

The Operation Snow Leopard' is still on with troops on alert and ready to meet any eventuality as the focus of disengagements in Ladakh continues to be through talks, Army's northern commander Lt Gen Y K Joshi said on Saturday.

There was no breakthrough in the 14th round of talks between the militaries of India and China and the two sides agreed to stay in close contact and maintain dialogue to work out a mutually acceptable resolution of the remaining issues at the earlies

China said that current situation on the border areas with India was "stable" as it confirmed that 14th round of Corps Commander-level talks to discuss disengagement process in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh will be held on Wednesday.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today expressed confidence that the ongoing talks between China and India for a peaceful resolution of the eastern Ladakh standoff will continue while Indian troops stand "firm" in the region.

Noting that pending issues with China concerning LAC in eastern Ladakh were being resolved through talks, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Saturday said that there is suspicion between the two countries and the issues take time

India should not expect favourable outcome in every round of talks held with China on border issues and "points of divergence" with the neighbouring country will be resolved as long as both nations keep talking, Army Chief General MM Naravane said.