NEW DELHI: India is prepared for the long haul in the de-escalation of the month-long troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh with China, though a discussion spanning seven hours between senior military officers on Saturday has set the ball rolling in the right direction. India, having pumped in thousands of additional troops and heavy weaponry into the high-altitude region, will continue to press for return to the ground situation as it existed in mid-April along the Line of Actual Control, sources said on Sunday.
The two sides resolved to defuse the confrontation in a “peaceful manner”, without any further escalation and violence between the rival troops, in the meeting between 14 Corps commander Lt-General Harinder Singh and South Xinjiang military dist