Indian Army, PLA commit to peace on LAC in Ladakh

 The Indian Army and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China Saturday held a meeting along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Chushul Sector of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir to ensure peace on borders.

“A Ceremonial Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) on the occasion of ‘Diwali Festival’ was conducted at Indian BPM hut in Chushul Sector of Eastern Ladakh and at Dulat Beg Oldie (DBO) in eastern Ladakh. The Indian delegation was led by Brigadier R S Raman in Chushul and by Colonel B S Uppal in DBO. The Chinese delegation was led by Colonel Cao Guasheng in Chushul and by Colonel Song Zhang Li in DBO,” defence spokesperson S D Goswami said in a statement.

He said both the delegations interacted in a free, congenial and cordial environment and parted amidst feeling of friendship and commitment towards enhancing the existing cordial relations and maintaining peace along the LAC.

“Both sides also sought to build on the mutual feeling to uphold the treaties and agreements signed between the Governments of the two sides to maintain peace and tranquillity along the LAC,” the defence spokesman said.

He added that both the sides also sought to build on the mutual feeling to uphold the treaties and agreements signed between the governments of the two sides to maintain peace and tranquillity along the LAC.

Indian and Chinese troops, last year, locked in a three-week long stand-off in the Chumar and Demchok areas of eastern Ladakh, which was resolved by way of an understanding reached between the two sides to carry out disengagement and redeployment of border troops to restore the “status quo ante.”