India and China started the 12th round of talks at the corps commander level along the LAC in Moldo on Saturday. The two sides are expected to discuss the withdrawal from Hot Springs and Gogra Heights.
The most recent round of military talks between India and China comes after a break of over three months. (PTI file)
The 12th round of India-China military talks began on Saturday morning. India and China are expected to discuss the issue of withdrawing from Hot Springs and Gogra.
Talks began at 10.30 a.m. at the Moldovan border point on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
The Indian delegation to Saturday’s talks will be led by Lieutenant General PGK Menon, commander of the Leh-based 14th Corps.
The most recent Sino-Indian talks are taking place after a break of over three and a half months.
Military establishment sources said India hoped for a positive outcome from the 12th round of talks with corps commanders regarding the withdrawal from Hot Springs and Gogra.
India has insisted that resolving open issues, including those in Depsang, Hot Springs and Gogra, is essential to general relations between the two countries.
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar had previously informed his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that the extension of the existing situation in East Ladakh would visibly “negatively” affect bilateral relations.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST ROUND OF THE SINO-INDIA TALKS?
The 11th round of the military dialogue took place on April 9 at the Chushul border point on the Indian side of the LAC and lasted about 13 hours.
In the final round of military talks, both sides discussed ways to advance the withdrawal process in Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang in order to ease tensions in the region. However, there was no forward movement in the withdrawal process from the Chinese side.
THE STANDOFF
The border dispute between the Indian and Chinese military erupted in May last year after a violent clash in the Lake Pangong area, and both sides gradually stepped up their operations by sending in tens of thousands of soldiers and heavy weapons.
As a result of a series of military and diplomatic talks, the two sides completed the withdrawal of troops and weapons from the north and south banks of Lake Pangong in February in accordance with a withdrawal agreement.
Each side currently has around 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers along the LAC in the sensitive sector.
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