Galwan Valley Conflict: India, China To Hold Third Corps Commander Level Talks On Tuesday

It is also being said that all contentious areas during the ongoing standoff will be discussed in tomorrow's meeting to stabilise the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

An aerial view of Leh city amid border tension with China. (Image: PTI)

New Delhi: India and China will once again engage in Corps Commander level talks on Tuesday beginning 10.30 am on the backdrop of violent clashes that took place in the Ladakh's Galwan Valley earlier this month. According to reports, the third round of military level talks between the two nations will be held on the Indian side this time. "This time the talks will be held in Chushul on the Indian side. The last two meetings were held in Moldo on the Chinese side," said sources close to news agency IANS, adding that the agenda of the meeting would be to take forward the proposals made by both the countries for disengagement. It is also being said that all contentious areas during the ongoing standoff will be discussed in tomorrow's meeting to stabilise the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The last two meetings at the Corp Commander level were held on June 6 and June 22. At the first meeting between the commanders of both nations, it was mutually decided to disengage at multiple locations in Ladakh region and India had also asked Chinese to return to their pre-May 4 military positions along the LAC. Also, Major General-level dialogue took place for three consecutive days after the violent clash at Patrolling Point 14 in Galwan Valley on June 15 left 20 Indian soldiers dead. The three-day talks were carried out to ease the tense situation and to get 10 Indian soldiers released, including four officers, who were in Chinese captivity. Major General Abhijit Bapat, who is the Commander of the 3 Division of the Indian Army, had raised several points with the Chinese with regard to the incident on the intervening night of June 15 and 16. The violent faceoff occurred at the South bank of Galwan river, which flows in an east-west direction before it's confluence with Shayok river, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops. Sources close to the news agency also informed that Indian Army troopers were outnumbered by 1:5 ratio when they came under attack from the PLA soldiers at Patrolling Point 14 along the LAC in eastern Ladakh.