India and China vow for complete disengagement on the borders
By IAR Desk India and China have agreed to work urgently to achieve the withdrawal
By IAR Desk India and China have agreed to work urgently to achieve the withdrawal
Zhou wrote both sides should dust off previously agreed confidence-building measures
A video shared by the Indian Army showed the pulling back of three tanks of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and one by the Indian side from south of Pangong Tso besides brief shots of a meeting between troops of the two sides.
Referring to cross-border terrorism from Pakistan, he said the neighbouring country continues to provide a safe haven to terrorists.
The casualties on the border are the first ones since 1975 signalling an escalation of the border stand-off.
India had scrambled its Su-30 MKI in the first week in May when an Indian Army chopper and Chinese chopper were close to each other in the air.
The Chinese foreign ministry’s remarks came a day after President Xi Jinping ordered the military to scale up its battle preparedness, visualising the worst-case scenarios and asked it to resolutely defend the country’s sovereignty.
“We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate their now raging border dispute. Thank you!” Trump said in an early morning tweet
Xi made the remarks while attending a plenary meeting of the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and People’s Armed Police Force during the current parliament session being held here.
It is learnt that the Chinese army forcefully stopped movement of Indian troops on several occasions when they were carrying out patrolling in Pangong Tso lake area this week.