Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to visit Ladakh this week
New Delhi/UNI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Ladakh on July 17 to take stock of current situation, wherein troops of India and China engaged in disengagement process along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
“The minister will visit to Leh on July 17 while Srinagar on July 18. He will be accompanied by Army Chief Gen MM Naravane,” sources in the defence ministry said on Wednesday.
The decision to visit Ladakh came a day after India and China concluded fourth Corps Commanders-level talks, which lasted for over 15 hours.
The Corps-Commanders’ level talks between India and China that started at 1130 hours on Tuesday went on for over 15 hours and ended at around 0230 hours on Wednesday.
The meeting took place at Chushul on the Indian side in Eastern Ladakh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also visited Leh on July 3 and interacted with soldiers of ITBP, Army and Air Force posted there in Nimu Valley.
He also visited the Base Hospital in Leh and met the soldiers, who were injured in a violent face-off with the Chinese troops on June 15 in the Galwan Valley.
After the violent Galwan valley clash in which 20 Indian soldiers were martyred and the Chinese side also suffered casualties, both sides had decided that talks will continue to effectively continue the disengagement process.
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