- Indian Ambassador to China, Vikram Misri on Wednesday held talks with a senior official of the country’s ruling Communist Party here and discussed the situation at the border in eastern Ladakh and overall bilateral relations.
- Misri’s meeting with Liu Jianchao, Deputy Director of the Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission came amidst diplomatic and military-level talks between India and China on disengagement of troops from all friction points in eastern Ladakh.
- “Ambassador @VikramMisri today met H.E. Liu Jianchao, Deputy Director of the Office of the CPC Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission, and briefed him on India’s stance vis-a-vis the situation on the borders in eastern Ladakh UT and overall bilateral relations”, the Indian Embassy tweeted.
- No further details of the meeting were available.
- At the latest round of military talks, the Indian side insisted forcefully on complete disengagement of Chinese troops at the earliest, and immediate restoration of status quo ante in all areas of eastern Ladakh prior to May 5 when the standoff began following a clash between the two armies in Pangong Tso.
- The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has pulled back from Galwan Valley and certain other friction points but the withdrawal of its troops have not moved forward from the Finger areas in Pangong Tso, Gogra, and Depsang as demanded by India, according to sources in New Delhi.
- The formal process of disengagement of troops began on July 6, a day after a nearly two-hour telephonic conversation between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on ways to bring down tensions in the area.
