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Video | “Will Try To Go Beyond Disengagement, But…”: Rajnath Singh’s LAC Update

The disengagement of Indian and Chinese forces near the Line of Actual Control is "almost over", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today. The minister said that while India wants to go "beyond disengagement", this would "take time". "India and China have been holding talks at both diplomatic and military levels to resolve the differences in some areas along the LAC. As a result of the talks, a broad consensus was developed on the basis of equal and mutual security. The consensus includes the rights of patrolling and grazing in traditional areas. Based on this consensus, the process of disengagement is almost complete. Our efforts will be to take the matter beyond disengagement; but for that, we will have to wait a little longer," he said. ...

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

31Oct

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All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

New Delhi: A museum dedicated to Army officer-turned-bureaucrat Major Ralengnao ‘Bob’ Khathing was inaugurated Thursday by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during his visit to Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang. Singh also unveiled a statue of India’s first home minister Vallabhbhai Patel in the border district, which is close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC). A Naga from Manipur, Khating is best known for his expedition to the remote region of Tawang in 1951 that paved the way for its integration with the rest of India. Show Full Article Later, he served as Indian ambassador to Myanmar from 1972 to 1975. The Naga officer was decorated with Military Cross (MC), Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), and later with Padma Shri in 1957. Khathing...

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Video | Chinese Ambassador After Modi-Xi Meet In BRICS: “Looking Forward To Direct Flights…”

Ambassador of China to India, Xu Feihong said that he is looking forward to beginning of direct flights between India and China. He said, "As two neighbouring countries, it is quite natural we have some differences, the most important thing is how to handle and solve these differences. I think this is very important. The meeting of the two leaders has set a very good example for us - how to handle these differences. As an Ambassador to India, of course I am looking forward to have smooth cooperation of our two sides in every field, not only in politics but also in business, education, science, every field. I am also looking forward to direct flights so that I can fly back to Beijing directly I know that before 2020, we had direct flights. So, it will provide more convenience to every...

India-China disengagement completed at Depsang & Demchok, patrolling to start after Diwali

30Oct

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India-China disengagement completed at Depsang & Demchok, patrolling to start after Diwali

New Delhi: India and China have completed disengagement from the two face-off points of Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh, pulling back troops to the pre-2020 positions and also dismantling all check posts, defensive positions, housing and shelters created in the last four and a half years. Army sources said that ground commanders (brigadiers and below) from both sides would meet Thursday on Diwali to exchange sweets at all border personnel meeting (BPM) points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The sources also said that ground commanders would decide patrolling modalities, which would commence soon. Show Full Article The sources said the Indian patrol was likely to visit patrolling points in Depsang Plains during the weekend or early next year. This...

India briefed us on LAC arrangement with China, says US. ‘We played no role’

30Oct

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India briefed us on LAC arrangement with China, says US. ‘We played no role’

New Delhi: India has briefed the US about its arrangements in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) leading to disengagement with China, the Department of State said Tuesday. At a press briefing, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller also said America had no role to play in this resolution. “We understand that both countries have taken initial steps to withdraw troops from friction points along the Line of Actual Control. We welcome any reduction in tensions along the border,” Miller added. Show Full Article The US has in recent years become an important defence and security partner for India. A number of key agreements have been signed, including the Security of Supplies Agreement (SOSA) and an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Assignment of Lia...

30Oct

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China Says Troops Disengagement In Ladakh Proceeding ‘Orderly’ After Resolutions With India

Beijing: China on Wednesday said the Chinese and Indian militaries are implementing the “resolutions” concerning the disengagement in eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in an “orderly" manner. China and India have reached resolutions on issues concerning the border, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a media briefing here replying to a question on the progress of the disengagement. “At the moment, the Chinese and Indian frontier troops are implementing the resolutions in an orderly way," he said and declined to provide any details. Following the key agreement firmed up between India and China, the two countries began troop disengagement at the two friction points at Demchok and Depsang Plains in eastern Ladakh on October 2. The ties between the two Asia...

‘Broad consensus’ achieved along LAC through dialogue, Rajnath Singh says day after Modi-Xi meet

24Oct

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‘Broad consensus’ achieved along LAC through dialogue, Rajnath Singh says day after Modi-Xi meet

New Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting in Russia, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said “broad consensus” had been achieved by India and China in select areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) through the power of dialogue. These are the first remarks by the defence minister since Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced the LAC agreement on October 21. The defence minister was speaking at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue in New Delhi. “India and China have been involved in talks both at diplomatic and military levels to resolve their differences in certain areas along the LAC. Pursuant to the talks, broad consensus has been achieved to restore the ground situation based on the principles of equal and mutual security,” ...

Indian & Chinese troops start disengagement at Depsang. What the LAC pact entails

24Oct

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Indian & Chinese troops start disengagement at Depsang. What the LAC pact entails

Also, graziers will now be allowed to graze their cattle in areas that were earlier declared as buffer zones, but this will be coordinated.Sources said that the disengagement process at Depsang started Wednesday. “It is happening as per agreed terms in terms of the percentage of what has to be dismantled and when troops have to be pulled back,” a source said.The pace of the disengagement in Demchok was not immediately clear, but sources had earlier said that at least one tent had been removed earlier. Expanding on the agreement between India and China, sources said it allows for patrolling to be restarted at all Patrolling Points (PP) the two sides used in April 2020 before the tensions began.This involves patrolling not just in Depsang and Demchok but also along the northern banks of Pang...

23Oct

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Over the borderline: On the India-China deal

China’s confirmation on Tuesday (October 22, 2024) of an agreement to resolve its four-year military standoff with India, as announced by Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday (October 21, 2024), is welcome news, given the possibilities it opens up for bilateral ties. Since April 2020, when China suddenly transgressed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), followed by India’s counter-deployment, bilateral relations had ground to a halt. Anger in India, over the June 2020 Galwan clashes in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed, justifiably brimmed over, and despite steps to avoid further violence and disengagement at five friction points, mistrust over whether the PLA would revert to positions prior to 2020 or “status quo ante” remained. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s s...

As India & China’s LAC talks gathered pace, so did Chinese envoy’s India push on social media

22Oct

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As India & China’s LAC talks gathered pace, so did Chinese envoy’s India push on social media

New Delhi: As high-level communication between India and China to find a solution to the border standoff gained momentum, Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong simultaneously stepped up posting on social media, highlighting the potential of bilateral ties to praising India’s food and culture. Xu, who was appointed to India in May, has been rather active on social media since he came to New Delhi, but some of his initial comments were cryptic of the host country. But in recent weeks, he has taken to X more and more lauding India, underlining reports that showed India and China in top 10 lists on everything from “most attractive economies for clean energy investment” to “countries having most influence in Asia”. He even posted articles in Chinese media about India’s food and culture. ...

Army chief lays out India’s plan for LAC. ‘Disengagement, de-escalation, normal management’

22Oct

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Army chief lays out India’s plan for LAC. ‘Disengagement, de-escalation, normal management’

New Delhi: Trust remains a paramount factor in India-China relations, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said Tuesday, adding the force was looking at disengagement and de-escalation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Speaking at an event titled “Decade of Transformation: Indian Army in Stride with the Future” at the United Service Institution of India (USI) in New Delhi, the Chief of Army Staff said both nations were exploring ways to restore trust at the border. His comments came a day after Foreign Secretary Vikram Mistri announced that Indian and Chinese diplomatic and military negotiators had been in close contact and had agreed on an arrangement for patrolling areas along the LAC. The areas include Depsang Plains and Demchok, friction points that remained unresolved, as reported...

China terms LAC disengagement plan ‘positive’, says will work with India on implementation

22Oct

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China terms LAC disengagement plan ‘positive’, says will work with India on implementation

New Delhi: China Tuesday confirmed that “progress” has been made over resumption of patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and that both Beijing and New Delhi have “reached a solution on relevant matters,” which the Chinese government views “positively”. “China and India have maintained close communication through diplomatic and military channels regarding border-related issues. Currently, the two sides have reached a solution on the relevant matters, which China views positively. In the next phase, China will work with India to effectively implement the solution plan,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian was quoted as saying by Global Times, the daily operating under the auspices of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Beijing’s confirmation of a solution on disengage...

Depsang ‘resolved’, patrolling to ‘agreed perceived LAC’. What India & China have agreed on

21Oct

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Depsang ‘resolved’, patrolling to ‘agreed perceived LAC’. What India & China have agreed on

New Delhi: India and China have agreed to resume patrolling to the “agreed perceived Line of Actual Control,” including in Depsang Plains and Demchok, though there is unlikely to be any immediate thinning down of troops other than those pulled back in the winter as is the norm, ThePrint has learnt. Sources in the defence and security establishment told ThePrint that resumption of patrolling along the LAC, which will come to a halt again once the winter sets in, is the first step to full-scale disengagement. They added that there would be a reduction of troops in the winter, as has been the practice over the last four years, and during this time both countries would continue to discuss complete disengagement. It was not immediately clear if the patrolling will resume based on pre-2020 SOPs ...

India & China have agreed to disengage at LAC, says external affairs ministry

21Oct

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India & China have agreed to disengage at LAC, says external affairs ministry

New Delhi: Four-and-half years after border tensions began in May 2020, India announced Monday that it had reached an agreement with China for disengagement and for restarting border patrols. “Over the last several weeks, Indian and Chinese diplomatic and military negotiators have been in close contact with each other in a variety of forums… as a result of these discussions, agreement has been arrived on patrolling arrangement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) along India-China border leading to disengagement and resolution of the issues that had risen in these areas in 2020. And we will be taking the next step on this,” Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told reporters. Asked again, he said, “We have reached an agreement on issues that were being discussed.” He was briefing the media ahe...

Govt ‘cautiously optimistic’ of easing tensions with China at LAC, Rajnath tells Army

11Oct

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Govt ‘cautiously optimistic’ of easing tensions with China at LAC, Rajnath tells Army

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Friday said the government was “cautiously optimistic” about easing of tensions with China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) even as he hailed the Army for its readiness to tackle any contingency when it comes to the military stand-off between the two countries since May 2020. He was addressing top Army commanders who had assembled in Gangtok, Sikkim, to take stock of the force’s operational needs and strategic planning. Owing to bad weather at Gangtok, the defence minister addressed the Army officers via teleconferencing from Sukhna. He is expected to travel to Sikkim Saturday morning. Show Full Article Commenting on the current situation along the Northern borders, Singh expressed full confidence in the Army for an...

8Oct

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A re-balancing of India’s great power relations

Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi’s participation in the sixth Quad Leaders’ Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. on September 21, 2024 has raised further hopes of consolidating security cooperation among the “four leading maritime democracies in the Indo-Pacific”. Nevertheless, it was India’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval’s trip to Russia in early September for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) NSA meeting, which included a high-profile personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, that needs greater analysis. Mr. Doval also held one-on-one parleys with the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, which was equally significant since India is leaving no stone unturned to resolve the four-year-old military standoff with China at the Line of Actual Control (...

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

1Oct

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Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

New Delhi: Notwithstanding what he termed “positive signalling” coming in from the diplomatic side, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi Tuesday said the military commanders will have to make decisions and India wants both countries to go back to pre-May 2020 status quo. He also said that with China, “you have to compete, you have to cooperate, you have to coexist, you have to confront and contest”. “As far as China is concerned, it has been intriguing our minds for quite some time,” General Dwivedi said, at the opening ceremony of Chanakya Defence Dialogue, which looks at enhancing national and regional security by discussing contemporary issues. Show Full Article “Positive signalling is coming from the diplomatic side but what we have to understand [is] that t...

Army gets high-altitude artillery firing range in Arunachal, 2 more to come up in the north

27Sep

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Army gets high-altitude artillery firing range in Arunachal, 2 more to come up in the north

New Delhi: With the ongoing standoff with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Indian Army has opened a new artillery firing range in Arunachal’s Tawang sector, making it the first in a high-altitude area. Director General of Artillery, Lt Gen Adosh Kumar, at a media briefing in New Delhi, said that activating this range in the northern border would give the artillery “a sense of actual operational environment”. Arunachal Pradesh falls under the Eastern Command of the Indian Army. Show Full Article Lt Gen Kumar said that in the past two years, the Army has identified two firing ranges in Arunachal Pradesh. While the one in Tawang has been operationalised, the other is in the process of getting notified. Two more ranges have been identified in the ...

25Sep

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India-China Border Row: S Jaishankar Explains What ‘75% Disputes Resolved’ Means

Looking back at the "difficult history" with China, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has clarified that he meant only the “disengagement” of troops in eastern Ladakh has been sorted when he mentioned that 75 per cent progress on border dispute talks with Beijing. Addressing the Asia Society at the Asia Society Policy Institute on Tuesday (local time), Jaishankar highlighted how China violated the previous agreements during the Covid pandemic, by increasing troop deployment at the border, which eventually resulted in clashes causing casualties on both sides. This incident, according to the Minister, has overshadowed the bilateral relationship."We have a difficult history with China...Despite the explicit agreements we had with China, we saw in the middle of Covid that the Chinese m...

24Sep

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Weighing in on business as usual with China

Recent media pieces have speculated on whether India’s fraught relations with China are headed towards a relative thaw and suggestions are being put forward for a more liberal attitude towards foreign direct investment (FDI) from that country. Such a policy prescription of doing away with restrictions on Chinese FDI involves a radical departure from the policy of linkage between the state of borders and the state of overall relations. Speaking in Geneva on September 12, India’s Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar remarked that about 75% of “disengagement problems” with China have been sorted out but the “bigger issue” has been the increasing militarisation of the border. Hours later, National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval met Member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Politica...