NEW DELHI: As India and China didn’t make much headway in the new round of diplomatic talks that took place on Tuesday on the standoff at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The two countries have agreed only to continue discussions on outstanding issues and to convene the next meeting of senior military commanders at an early date.
The disengagement and de-escalation process between India and China has been deadlocked since the two sides pulled back frontline troops from the north and south banks of Pangong Lake in February last year and from Gogra in August 2021. There has been no forward movement on disengagement at key friction points such as Hot Springs and Depsang.
The two sides agreed that, as instructed by the two foreign ministers, they “should continue the discussions through diplomatic and military channels to resolve the remaining issues along the LAC at the earliest so as to create conditions for restoration of normalcy in bilateral relations”, the external affairs ministry said in a statement.
