LAC standoff: India eyes 4-pronged plan for Lt-Gen level talks with China

NEW DELHI: India will take care to ensure that any restoration of status quo ante does not take place on China’s terms during the Lt-General-level meeting to be held on Saturday in a bid to de-escalate the month-long troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh.

India’s negotiating stand will essentially be four-pronged during the talks at the Chushul-Moldo border personnel meeting (BPM) point, with the Indian delegation led by 14 Corps commander Lt-Gen Harinder Singh crossing over to the Chinese side for the dialogue, said sources on Thursday.

India, for one, wants the two armies to mutually de-induct their troops from the four to five confrontation sites at the northern bank of Pangong Tso (Tso means lake), Gogra-Hot Springs area and Galwan Valley region as well as additional battalions, artillery guns and armoured vehicles in th