NEW DELHI: Military commanders from India and China have agreed to “stopsending more troops” to their disputed Himalayan border after high-leveltalks between the nuclear-armed neighbours, New Delhi said late Tuesday.
The prickly relationship between the Asian giants soured further after abrutal, high-altitude clash in the mountainous Ladakh region near theborder on June 15 in which 20 Indian troops were killed. Militarycommanders have held several rounds of talks aimed at easing tensionsfollowing the June incident, with the sixth held on Monday. Little progressappears to have been made so far.
The two sides agreed to “stop sending more troops to the frontline, refrainfrom unilaterally changing the situation on the ground, and avoid takingany actions that may complicate the situation”, the Indian Army said in astatement.
They also agreed to “avoid misunderstandings and misjudgments” and hold thenext meeting “as soon as possible”. Despite the talks, another incidentflared up in early September when shots were fired for the first time in 45years on the border.
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After the deadly June clash — which also resulted in an unknown number ofChinese casualties — the world’s two most-populous nations sent tens ofthousands of extra troops to the border. India and China fought a war overthe frontier in 1962.
Courtesy: (AFP)
