Chinese troops stop Indian graziers in Ladakh’s Demchok

India

pti-PTI

New
Delhi,
Aug
29:
Indian
graziers
were
stopped
by
Chinese
troops
from
moving
ahead
near
the
Line
of
Actual
Control
(LAC)
in
the
Demchok
region
of
eastern
Ladakh
over
a
week
ago,
people
familiar
with
the
development
said
on
Monday.

There
was
no
face-off
or
confrontation
between
the
Indian
and
Chinese
forces
in
view
of
the
incident
as
such
objections
by
both
sides
happen
routinely,
they
said.

The
people
said
some
Indian
graziers
were
on
the
Indian
side
of
the
LAC
in
the
region
but
the
Chinese
People’s
Liberation
Army(PLA)
objected
to
their
presence
claiming
the
area
to
be
on
their
side.
The
incident
is
understood
to
have
taken
place
on
August
21.

”Such
incidents
happen
in
those
areas
because
of
differing
perceptions
about
the
LAC
by
both
sides,” said
one
of
the
people
cited
above,
adding
the
incident
figured
in
subsequent
talks
between
area
commanders
of
the
two
armies.

The
incident
took
place
amid
the
prolonged
military
standoff
between
the
two
sides
at
a
number
of
friction
points
in
eastern
Ladakh.

India
has
been
consistently
maintaining
that
peace
and
tranquillity
along
the
LAC
is
key
for
the
overall
development
of
Sino-India
bilateral
ties.

The
Indian
and
Chinese
militaries
have
held
16
rounds
of
talks
to
resolve
the
eastern
Ladakh
border
standoff
that
erupted
on
May
5,
2020,
following
a
violent
clash
in
the
Pangong
lake
areas.

Both
sides
gradually
enhanced
their
deployment
by
rushing
in
tens
of
thousands
of
soldiers
as
well
as
heavy
weaponry.

As
a
result
of
a
series
of
military
and
diplomatic
talks,
the
two
sides
completed
the
disengagement
process
last
year
on
the
north
and
south
banks
of
the
Pangong
lake
and
in
the
Gogra
area.

Meanwhile,
Congress
leader
Mallikarjun
Kharge,
referring
to
a
report
on
the
incident,
took
to
Twitter
to
claim
that
the
government
is
in
”complete
denial
while
China
challenges
our
territorial
sovereignty.”