External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday emphasized that India and China must now resolve outstanding issues related to their boundary dispute, including de-escalation in eastern Ladakh.
The talks were aimed at disengagement of troops in the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh and ease overall tensions in the region, highly placed sources said.
Captain V Mishra from the Regiment of Artillery said the Dhanush howitzer can strike targets at up to 48 Kms, and has been inducted in the Eastern Ladakh sector last year itself.
The two sides this afternoon held the 26th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) in Beijing.
Armies of India and China on Tuesday completed the disengagement process in the Gogra Heights-Hot Springs area near Patrolling Point-15 in the eastern Ladakh sector, according to government sources.
Lt. General Dwivedi is currently on four days visit to Ladakh where he took stock of the security situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) where the Chinese troops are on the other side.
The conference is also a formal forum for the senior leadership of the Indian Army to interact with senior officials of the Department of Military Affairs and the Department of Defence.
It is learnt that the Chinese side bluntly refused to disengage from the Hot Springs area, Depsang Plains and Demchok areas, as proposed by the Indian side.
The talks took place nearly two months after both the countries withdrew troops from Gogra.
The talks are scheduled to be held at Moldo (Chushul) on the Chinese side of the LAC.
