India has conveyed the demand to China for the restoring status quo as it existed in April along Border during the senior military commander conversation on Saturday, the sources said.
Ministry of the External Affairs said that the “conversation held between the commanders were in cordial and in the positive atmosphere and both the sides will continue the diplomatic engagements and the military to resolve the situation”.
Sources also added that the conversation went for several hours, remained inconclusive, but both the sides put across their issues which would definitely be conveyed to the respective governments. India was firm on the restoring the status quo of April and push back the Chinese equipment and troops from the Indian Territory and along the LAC. Chinese raised the objection to the development of Infrastructure.
The talk which was conveyed, said from the Chinese side that the infrastructure development will continue to go on in Indian Territory as the Chinese has already developed the infrastructure on its side, the sources said. The sources of the Senior Defence told The Hindu that the development of Chinese infrastructure would continue along the LAC despite of the ongoing tension. The action from the Chinese side violates the agreement of the boundary which was meant to preserve the peace and tranquility on the border between India and China as the communication was held, it had been learnt.
The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that a meeting was held between the Corps Commander in Leh and the Chinese Commander in the Chushul-Moldo region on June 6, 2020. Both the Indian and the Chinese side agreed to resolve the situation peacefully on the border areas with various bilateral agreements keeping in the view the peace and tranquility in the borders, which is essential for overall development of the bilateral relations, MEA stated.
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