Situation Tensed At Ladakh LAC, Indian And Chinese Troops In Face-Off Position Near Rezang La Heights: Sources

The Indian Army on Tuesday said that forces of both the sides are in process of communication over disengagement near the Rezang La heights.

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New Delhi: After a fresh round of action broke out between the Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh on the Monday night, the Indian Army on Tuesday said that forces of both the sides are in process of communication over disengagement near the Rezang La heights. "Armies of India and China continue to communicate with each other even as Chinese troops are in a face-off position with Indian troops near the Rezang La heights," Army officials said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

According to the reports, both Indian Army and People Liberation Army (PLA) fired in the air to scare and push back each other near Shenpao mountain, region near south bank of Pangong Tso (Lake) where forces of both sides are engaged in a military standoff. Speaking on the development, the Chinese side in a statement earlier today said that the Indian Army "blatantly fired threats" to the patrol personnel of the Chinese border guards who had made representations, and the Chinese border guards were forced to take "countermeasures to stabilise the situation on the ground". "India's actions seriously violated the relevant agreements and agreements between China and India, pushing up regional tensions and easily causing misunderstandings and misjudgments," Beijing said. Meanwhile, the Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to have a bilateral meeting with Chinese State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi to discuss ways and means to resolve the present Ladakh standoff. The bilateral meeting is scheduled for September 10 in Moscow. The meeting between the two leaders is expected to record a forward movement towards complete disengagement and de-escalation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with the Indian side insistent upon China to follow bilateral agreements and protocols since 1993.