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.
The BRO has achieved the feat due to the grit and resilience of its personnel who work in treacherous terrain and extreme weather conditions.
Forces are poised to foil any misadventure by the Chinese.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met the State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the SCO Foreign Ministers' meet in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
He was inaugurating the two-day biannual IAF commanders’ conference which is attended by Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen Bipin Rawat, IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal R K Bhadauria and senior IAF officials.
The 11th round of meeting will focus on disengagement in areas like Gogra, Depsang and Hot springs. The two countries have successfully completed disengagement of troops at the Pangong Tso Lake area.
