Situation along LAC slightly tense: Army chief MM Naravane after India-China Ladakh clash
Leh/IBNS: Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday said the situation along Line of Actual Control (LAC) is "slightly tense", days after the faceoff between the Indian and Chinese soldiers at the Pangong Lake in Ladakh, media reports said.
Naravane, who is on a two-day visit to Ladakh, said as quoted by NDTV, "I took a review of the situation after reaching Leh yesterday (Thursday). I took a first hand account of the situation as I spoke to the troops. They are highly motivated... their morale is high and they are fully prepared to deal with any situation that may arise.
"I would like to reiterate, like always, that our officers are the finest in the world. They will make, not just the army, but the entire country proud."
"The situation along the LAC is slightly tense. Keeping in view of the situation, we have undertaken some precautionary deployments for our own safety and security. These deployments, we undertook along the LAC," he added.
In a fresh attempt to change the status-quo at the LAC, the Chinese troops have carried out provocative military movements at Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh to only get thwarted by India, the country's Defence Ministry said on Monday.
The Indian Defence Ministry said the incident happened on the 'night of 29/30 August 2020'.
This was the first attempt by China to trespass at the LAC since the deadly border clash took place between soldiers of the two Asian giants at Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Jun 15 night.
In the first deadly clash in a time span of over 40 years, at least 20 Indian personnel were martyred.
Though China did not disclose the casualties on its side, unconfirmed reports claimed at least 45 Chinese personnel were killed in a befitting reply by the Indian soldiers.
The formal process of disengagement of troops began on Jul 6, following a two-hour long meeting between India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Even before the deadly clash on Jun 15, an agreement of disengagement of troops was finalised in the first round of Corp commander-level talks, which took place on 6th of the same month.
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