PLA force accretion on Finger 4 belies Beijing Ladakh disengagement offer
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is meeting his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the situation along the Line of Actual Control or LAC.
PLA force accretion on Finger 4 belies Beijing Ladakh disengagement offer
At a time when Chinese Foreign Ministry is expressing hopes of troops going back to camping areas from present confrontation in Ladakh, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is showing no such signs on ground and has undertaken force accretion on contested Finger four relief feature of Pangong Tso.
The doubling of PLA troop strength on Finger four on north bank of the lake has sowed distrust in the Indian Army’s mind about the sincerity of Beijing offer even as it holds dominant positions south of the saltwater lake.
The only other explanation is that the Chinese Foreign Ministry is not on the same page as the Western Theatre Commander of the PLA. Read | Five missing from Arunachal traced, PLA confirms to Indian Army
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is meeting his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the border situation and remind Beijing about the bilateral commitment to peace and tranquility accords signed since 1993 which pertain to minimum troop deploym…
