LAC Talks Enhanced Understanding of Positions: Jt Statement
ndia and China, in a joint statement, said they “had enhanced understanding of each other’s positions” and the discussions were “positive and construc
LAC Talks Enhanced Understanding of Positions: Jt Statement
A day after the seventh round of Corps Commander-level talks to try and resolve the military standoff along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, India and China, in a joint statement, said they “had enhanced understanding of each other’s positions” and the discussions were “positive and constructive”. But in Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Ministry reacted angrily to the unveiling of 44 border bridges by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the day the talks were being held, and called India’s border infrastructure-building the “root cause of tensions”. Zhao Lijian, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told a press conference that China does not recognise the Union Territory of Ladakh, which he claimed had been formed illegally, or Arunachal Pradesh. Zhao said China “opposes infrastructure building aimed at military contention in disputed border areas. Based on the consensus reached by the two sides recently, neither side should take any action that might complicate the situation a…
