Diwali 2024: India-China armies exchange sweets at various border points in Ladakh

Diwali 2024: Indian and Chinese Army troops on Thursday exchanged sweets at kind of a lot of border points within the Ladakh sector on the occasion of Diwali. Indian and Chinese Army exchange took place at Hot Springs, Karakoram Pass, Daulat Beg Oldi, KongkLa and Chushul-Moldo border meeting point in Ladakh on the occasion of Diwali.

Earlier today, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the disengagement process in LAC (Line of Actual Keep an eye on) in eastern Ladakh is nearly complete.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, while speaking within the course of the inauguration ceremony of Bob Khathing Museum in Assam’s Tezpur, said, “At some areas along the LAC, discussions have been ongoing between India and China at both diplomatic and army levels to get to the bottom of conflicts.”

“Following most modern talks, there turned into a broad consensus to revive the bottom situation. This consensus has developed on the idea that of equal and mutual security. In keeping with this consensus, the disengagement process is nearly complete. We are ready to strive to move beyond just disengagement, but for that, we are ready to should wait slightly longer,” Defence Minister Singh added.

On Wednesday, Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong said that it truly is miles natural for India and China to have differences as neighbouring countries but the important thing is cope and solve these differences. With India and China having completed the disengagement process between in Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh, Xu Feihong said he is asking forward to smooth cooperation of between India and China in every field including politics, business and education.

India and China have recently agreed on patrol arrangements along the Line of Actual Keep an eye on (LAC) on the India-China border.

The border standoff between India and China began in eastern Ladakh along the LAC in 2020, sparked by Chinese defense force actions. This incident resulted in prolonged tensions between the two nations, significantly straining their members of the family.

Earlier, Chief of Army Personnel, General Upendra Dwivedi wired that restoring trust along the Line of Actual Keep an eye on (LAC) might be a gradual process, to come again to the April 2020 status quo, highlighting the steps of disengagement, de-escalation, and buffer zone management as essential for relieving tensions between the two nations. He besides explained that the process will happen in phases, with each and every step geared toward decreasing tensions.