MEA: S Jaishankar, Army chief on same page on China disengagement – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs (MEA) Friday denied any contradiction between what the Army chief, Upendra Dwivedi, had said this week on disengagement with China in eastern Ladakh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar‘s statement earlier in Parliament on the issue. While MEA has maintained that disengagement at friction points Depsang and Demchok has…

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‘It will take time’: S Jaishankar on India-China disengagement and de-escalation along LAC – Times of India

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that the recent disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops at Depsang and Demchok in Ladakh is the initial step towards restoring normalcy along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The next phase, he said, involves de-escalation, which will proceed only when India is assured that…

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