BEIJING: China on Monday said it hoped that the Indian side would move towards China and through concrete actions implement the consensus and continue close communication through military and diplomatic channels to jointly push for the de-escalation on the border region.
“We hope the Indian side will move towards China and through concrete actions implement the consensus and continue close communication through military and diplomatic channels to jointly push for the de-escalation on the border region,” Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said during his regular briefing while responding to a question about reports of Chinese troops pulling back from the flash point at Galwan valley.
The Galwan Valley was the site of a violent hand-to-hand clash between the two militaries on June 15, that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
He said the Chinese and Indian troops held a commander-level talk on June 30 and added, the two sides continued to work to implement the consensus reached at the two previous rounds of talks.
Zhao said, there was progress made on frontline troops taking effective measures to disengage and ease the tensions.
He said the Chinese and Indian troops held commander-level talks on June 30, as the two sides continued to work to implement the consensus reached at the two previous rounds of talks.
On June 30, the Indian and Chinese armies held the third round of Lt General-level talks during which both sides agreed on an ‘expeditious, phased and step wise’ de-escalation as a ‘priority’ to end the standoff.
The first round of the Lt General talks were held on June 6 during which both sides finalised an agreement to disengage gradually from all the standoff points beginning with Galwan Valley.
However, the situation turned deadly on June 15 when the rival soldiers engaged in a nightly medieval clash in Galwan Valley, where India was building a strategic road connecting the region to an airstrip close to China.
China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke to Indian National Security Advisor Ajid Doval and discussed latest situation of China-India relations in the backdrop of Galwan Valley border clash.
During the conversation, Wang Yi, also Chinese Special Representative of the China-India Boundary Question said the right and wrong of what recently happened at the Galwan Valley in the western sector of the China-India boundary is very clear, Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement issued here on Monday.
