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New Delhi: China wants a 15-20 kilometer buffer zone for the withdrawal of troops from both the countries from Depsang. It has cleverly made a move to make this buffer zone inside the Indian border. chinese army It has already intruded 18 km inside India’s claimed territory and now wants another buffer zone of 15-20 km.
It is clear that they are working aggressively to establish a modified status quo along the Line of Actual Control, the ITBP official said. The People’s Liberation Army of China has demanded the creation of a 15-20 km buffer zone, or no patrol areas inside the India-claimed lines, as a precondition for disengagement.
The ITBP official said the Chinese side made the fresh demand during the 18th round of Corps Commander talks last month and later reiterated it during the lower-level military talks. Depsang Maidan As part of the disengagement process, the Chinese want a buffer zone with a width of 15-20 km in Indian territory.
During the talks, India rejected the demand and instead agreed to a 3-4 km buffer zone, but the Chinese refused to budge. The largest buffer zone created during the de-escalation in various other areas along the LAC is a 10-km stretch between Finger 4 and Finger 8 on the northern bank of Pangong Lake.
Several military veterans have alleged that these buffer zones are mostly on the Indian side and work to India’s disadvantage but there has been no official response from the Modi government.
It has become clear that the Chinese Army has already entered 18 km inside India’s claimed territory and now wants a buffer zone of 15-20 km. It is clear that they are working aggressively to establish a modified status quo along the Line of Actual Control in the region.
The Depsang plain is one of the areas where there has been no return between the two sides despite several rounds of talks between military commanders at various levels. For more than three years, the PLA has blocked Indian patrols at bottlenecks or Y-junctions to prevent them from reaching five patrolling points – PP9, PP10, PP11, PP12 and PP13 – in the area.
In these areas, the Chinese army has also built up its structures rapidly. A research paper presented by the Leh SP during the DGP’s conference in Delhi in January this year highlighted that India had lost access to 26 of its 65 patrolling points (PPs) in eastern Ladakh following Chinese incursions in 2020. had lost
end of april in delhi Rajnath Singh After the meeting, China’s Defense Minister General Li Shangfu had said that the border situation was generally stable and the two sides maintained communication through military and diplomatic channels. Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on May 4 Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar This is how the border situation was described in his meeting with India, adding that both countries have to learn lessons from history and make bilateral ties strategic and long-term.
