India-China Troops’ Disengagement Along LAC a ‘Test Match, Not Twenty-20
Disengagement from friction areas along the contested line of actual control would be a “cumbersome and long-drawn process.
Editorial Staff
India-China Troops’ Disengagement Along LAC a ‘Test Match, Not Twenty-20
Senior army officers on Thursday said disengagement of forward-deployed Indian and Chinese forces from friction areas along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) would be a “cumbersome and long-drawn process”, responding to some news reports of a slight retreat by both armies in Galwan Valley.
Disengagement of forces has not begun, said one of the officers with direct knowledge of the border row.
“You can say it’s going to play out like a Test match and not T20 cricket. It will be a cumbersome, complicated and long-drawn exercise,” he said, asking not to be identified.
Senior Indian and Chinese military commanders reached a consensus -- during an 11-hour meeting on June 22 -- on disengaging from friction points along the LAC, which has been tense since a brutal brawl in Galwan Valley on June 15 led to 20 Indian and an unspecified number of Chinese soldiers dead. Also read | Satellite images capture China’s PLA build-up in Ladakh
“Consensus doesn’t mean the ground situation will c…
