India, China generals will meet today to end faceoff

Lt. Gen. Harinder Singh will represent India

All eyes are set on the high-level military dialogue on Saturday between India and China to see if it could break the ice between the armies of the two countries who are involved in a month-long tense military stand-off in Ladakh sector.

The meeting will take place at Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) point in Moldo on Chinese side and is scheduled at around 9:30 am in the morning depending upon the weather conditions, said sources.

The Leh-based 14 Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Harinder Singh will represent India. However, Major General Liu Lin will represent China, who is the commander of South Xinjiang Military Region of People’s Liberation Army. PLA’s Corps is headed by Major General rank official, said sources.

“The agenda is re-establishment of peace and tranquility at the Line of Actual Control which has been disturbed in the recent days,” said sources.

India will demand the return of the status quo in Pangong Tso, Hot Springs and Galwan Valley. On its part, Chinese could ask India to stop development of infrastructure at the LAC which has increased the ability of Indian Army to deploy its troops in the mountainous region much faster. However, India is unlikely to agree to this demand as it believes that all construction is taking place in its own territory.

India is likely to focus on the Pangong Tso lake, where the two sides were involved in a brutal clash on the intervening night of May 5th and May 6th.

According to sources, the Chinese have also occupied some the peaks in the area.