Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds meeting with CDS General Rawat, three Services Chiefs on India, China face-off
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday (May 26) held a safety assessment assembly with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and three service chiefs for over an hour. The Defence Minister is known to have reviewed the bottom scenario in Ladakh, the place Indian and Chinese troops are locked in a face-off.
Rajnath Singh was reportedly briefed in regards to the Indian response to the Chinese troops’ mobilisation. The assembly has determined that highway constructions would proceed and Indian fortifications and troop deployment should match these of the Chinese.
The Defence Minister was briefed by Army Chief General MM Naravane in regards to the scenario on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), two days in the past after visiting Leh to take inventory of the matter.
In order to de-escalate tensions, Indian and Chinese troops held a number of rounds of talks because the border skirmish befell on May 5, however the two sides have nonetheless maintained aggressive posturing within the disputed border areas alongside the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh.
Top navy sources stated India has additional elevated its energy in Pangong Tso and Galwan Valley — the 2 contentious areas the place Chinese military is learnt to have been deploying round 2,000 to 2,500 troops moreover regularly enhancing non permanent infrastructure.
The presence of Chinese troops round a number of key factors together with Indian Post KM120 alongside the Darbuk-Shayok-Daulat Beg Oldie highway in Galwan Valley is reportedly the largest concern for Indian navy. The face-offs befell after the Chinese facet objected to Indian highway building and growth work.
The scenario in Eastern Ladakh deteriorated after round 250 Chinese and Indian troopers had been engaged in a violent face-off on the night of May 5 which spilled over to the following day earlier than the 2 sides agreed to “disengage” following a gathering on the stage of native commanders.
Over 100 Indian and Chinese troopers had been reportedly injured within the violence, and the incident in Pangong Tso was adopted by an identical incident in North Sikkim on May 9.
On May 22, Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane visited Leh, the headquarters of 14 Corps in Ladakh, and reviewed safety deployment of forces alongside the Line of Actual Control with China.
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