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New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday described the situation at the Line of Actual Control \u2013 the de facto India-China border \u2013 as sensitive and \u201cnot normal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue, the Army chief said the situation at the de facto border is \u201cstable\u201d but the Indian side wants it to be restored to what it was before April 2020.<\/p>\n
In April 2020, China attempted to transgress the Indian side of the de facto border. The attempt was thwarted by the Indian forces. However, tension prevails in eastern Ladakh bordering China.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s subversive activities have also damaged its diplomatic ties with India. Last week, external affairs minister S Jaishankar described India\u2019s diplomatic ties with China as \u201cvery significantly disturbed\u201d.<\/p>\n
General Dwivedi said the trust between Indian and Chinese forces at the LAC has become the \u201cbiggest casualty\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs far as China is concerned, it has been intriguing our minds for quite some time. With China, you have to compete, cooperate, coexist, confront, and contest\u2026 So what\u2019s the situation today? It\u2019s stable, but it\u2019s not normal and it\u2019s sensitive. We want the situation to be restored to what it was before April 2020, whether in terms of the ground occupation situation or the buffer zones which have been created or patrolling which have been kind of planned as of now. So until that situation is restored, as far as we are concerned, the situation will remain sensitive and we are fully operationally prepared to face any kind of contingency\u2026 Trust has become the biggest casualty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
India and China held two rounds of diplomatic talks in July and August to find an early resolution of outstanding issues on the LAC in eastern Ladakh.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe positive signaling is coming from the diplomatic side, but what we need to understand (is that) the diplomatic side gives options and possibilities,\u201d he said, according to PTI.<\/p>\n
Last month, national security advisor Ajit Doval met China\u2019s foreign minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the BRICS conclave. The two sides agreed to work with \u201curgency\u201d and \u201credouble\u201d efforts to achieve complete disengagement at the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh.<\/p>\n
General Dwivedi also spoke about China constructing villages along the LAC.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are carrying out this artificial immigration, settlement. No problem, it\u2019s their country, they can do whatever they want. But what we see in the South China Sea. When we talk about the grey zone, initially we find fishermen and those kinds of people who are at the forefront. And to save them, then you find the military moving in\u2026 As far as the Indian Army is concerned, we have already been having this kind of model village\u2026 But more importantly, now the state governments have been empowered to put in those resources and this is the time when the army, state governments and supervision by the central government are all coming together. So the model villages that are being built now will be even better,\u201d he said, according to ANI.<\/p>\n
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