PM Modi & China's President Xi Jinping to interact first time since Galwan at BRICS Summit

In a massive development ahead of India-China's 7th round of LAC talks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be interacting via video conference in upcoming BRICS summit on vember 17. This will be first interaction between two country heads since fateful clash between India-China along LAC in Galwan clashes where 20 soldiers were martyred. breakthrough has occurred between two countries yet over LAC standoff, but provocative action has been sparked eir since September 10- when a five-point consensus was reached upon.

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7th round of LAC talks

This development comes ahead of 7th round of talks between Corps Commanders on October 12. After six rounds of military talks and five rounds of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) talks, next talks too will include an MEA diplomat - Naveen Srivastava along with XIV Corps Commander headed by Lt General P G K Men, taking over from Lt General Harinder Singh. In previous round of talks, two sides which met after 50 days, had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on stabilizing situation along LAC, agreeing to stop sending more troops to frontline and refraining from unilaterally changing situation on ground.

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Defence Minister on LAC

During  monsoon session, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made a statement on LAC situation in both Houses of Parliament. He affirmed that Armed Forces were capable of facing any challenge from China. While ackwledging that situation at LAC is very different both in terms of scale of troops involve and number of friction points, he reiterated India's commitment for a peaceful resolution of dispute. Moreover, two countries' foreign ministers have reached to a five-point consensus on continuing dialogue and quickly diseng, while houring all existing agreements and protocol on China-India boundary affairs.

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Chinese Army pulls back

Over several rounds of Indo-China talks, Chinese People's Liberation Army has retreated from Finger 4 area and Patrol point 14 along LAC, while India pre-empted PLA activity on Sourn Bank of Pangong Tso Lake capturing positions of 'strategic importance' in Fingers area. While China has retreated from Galwan Valley, y are currently around Finger 5 area near Pangong Tso Lake, with large troops and equipment in 5-km stretch from Finger 5 to 8. India and China's Foreign Ministers have reached a 5-point consensus recently on LAC. 20 jawans were martyred on June 5-6 amid a violent face-off between Indo-China troops at LAC's Galwan Valley.

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