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INDIA CHINA BORDER TALKS

•  The representatives from the 2 nations met in Moldo on the Chinese facet. The Indian delegation was led by Lt Gen Harinder Singh
• A ten official Chinese delegation headed by Corps Commander of South Xinjiang Military Division of People’s Liberation Army, Major General Lin Lui.

DETAILS

• Lt Gen Harinder Singh is the commander of the Leh-based 14 corps, also known as the ‘Fire and Fury Corps’. The 14 Corps looks after military deployment along Kargil-Leh and looks after the frontiers with China, Kashmir and also guards the Siachen glacier.

LEH-BASED 14 CORPS

•  The 14 “Fire and Fury” Corps’ area of responsibility includes the Ladakh frontier with China. But it also shares responsibility for the Line of Control (LoC) and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) on the Siachen Glacier that marks the boundary with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

MEETING

•  Sources said, the meeting eventually ended after 6.30 pm. There were multiple rounds of meetings, including sessions on point of contention in the Pangong Lake where the Chinese have built a bunker and moat-like structure between Finger 3 and 4 to prevent Indian patrol teams from moving ahead.

WHAT INDIA WANTS

• Chinese have built a bunker and moat-like structure between Finger 3 and 4 to prevent Indian patrol teams from moving ahead.
•  here were certain issues that India wanted to raise during the meeting. The foremost being that status quo as of April needs to be maintained by China, which means they need to pull back from areas of troop build-up as well as the transgression points

POINT TO NOTE

• Article III of the 1993 Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China Border Areas says, “Each side will keep its military forces in the areas along the line of actual control to a minimum level compatible with the friendly and good neighbourly relations between the two countries.”

DETAILS

• Almost all Indians (94 percent) believe that China has been dishonest in its handling of the coronavirus crisis. When it comes to business, most Indians (88 percent) don’t want Chinese companies to build 5G infrastructure in India. Even more Indians (91 percent) would support a boycott of Chinese goods and services with the sentiment strongest among Marathi speaking people (97 percent).

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