NEW DELHI: India and China held their first round of talks between senior military officers on Saturday at the Chushul-Moldo point along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh with sources expressing “satisfaction at the positive trajectory” in the bid to resolve the month-long troop confrontation in the Himalayan region.
There was no official word on the outcome of the marathon meeting between the Indian delegation led by 14 Corps commander Lt-General Harinder Singh and the Chinese side headed by South Xinjiang Military District commander Major General Liu Lin.
But sources said the meeting was “positive” and could eventually lead to restoration of status quo ante in eastern Ladakh, with both sides de-inducting soldiers and heavy weaponry from the confrontation sites at the northern bank of Pangong Tso (Tso means lake), Gogra-Hot Springs area and Galwan Valley region in a phased manner. The points lie along the LAC with Chinese troops having intruded into the Indian side at places leading to counter-mobilisation.
The Indian delegation crossed over into Chinese territory fo