'Trying to Restore Trust': Army Chief on India-China Border Patrol Agreement

New Delhi: Chief of Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi has reacted to breakthrough border patrol agreement between India and China. Indian Army Chief has said that through this agreement, India is trying to ‘restore trust’.

Indian Army Chief on India-China Border Patrol Agreement

"As far as we are concerned, we were looking at going back to status quo of April 2020, point number one. reafter, we will be looking at disengagement, de-escalation and normal management of Line of Actual Control (LAC) will not just stop re."

‘We Are Trying to Restore Trust’: Gen Upendra Dwivedi

"re are phases in normal management also. Let's say, I mean, It has been our stance from April 2020 itself when YK Joshi was army commander and even today that has remained same. As of now what has happened? We are trying to restore trust.

How trust will get restored? It will get restored once we are able to see each or and we are able to convince each or that look, buffers zones which are re, which have been created, we are not treating and are here to reassure you. 

Petroleum gives you that kind of vantage. So that's what is something which is convincing and as it has shown interest, or stages will also follow through. And as we restore trust, or stages will also follow through."

Breakthrough Agreement Over Border Patrolling between India-China

India on Monday announced it has reached an agreement with China on patrolling along Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Lakh, in a major breakthrough in ending over four-year-long military standoff that paves way for a likely meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Russia this week.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, at a media briefing on Modi's visit to Russia for BRICS summit, said agreement was firmed up following negotiations by two sides over last several weeks and that it will le to a resolution of issues that h arisen in 2020. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Indian and Chinese soldiers will be able to resume patrolling in way y h been doing before border face-off began and disengagement process with China has been completed.

Prime Minister Modi and President Xi are likely to hold a bilateral meeting on sidelines of BRICS Summit in Russian city of Kazan eir Tuesday or Wednesday. It is understood that agreement will facilitate patrolling in Depsang and Demchok areas as re were major unresolved issues in se two areas.

ties between two Asian giants nosedived significantly following fierce clash in Galwan Valley in June 2020 that marked most serious military conflict between two sides in deces. two sides disengaged from a number of friction points following a series of military and diplomatic talks in last couple of years.

(Inputs from PTI)