Nine rounds of military talks held with Chinese, will continue says Jaishankar
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Addressing reporters in Vijayawada, Mr. Jaishankar mentioned thus far there was no “visible expression” of the talks on floor
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on February 6 mentioned senior military commanders of India and China have held 9 rounds of talks on the method of disengagement of troops in jap Ladakh and the parleys will continue in future additionally.
Addressing reporters in Vijayawada, he mentioned thus far there was no “visible expression” of the talks on floor.
“The disengagement talks, because it is a very complicated issue, because it depends on troops, you have to know the geography [like] which position and what is happening, this is being done by the military commanders,” he mentioned.
He was replying to a question on whether or not there can be any ministerial stage talks between each the nations on skirmishes between troops of the Asian giants.
China and India are locked in a military standoff in jap Ladakh since May 5 final.
The two nations have held a number of rounds of military and diplomatic talks to resolve the face-off, however no important headway has been made thus far.
“So, military commanders have held nine rounds of meetings so far. We believe some progress has been made, but it is not, in a kind of situation where there is a visible expression of that on the ground,” he mentioned.
Mr. Jaishankar mentioned he and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held parleys with their counterparts of China final 12 months and agreed that they need to disengage in some components.
