A Strong revert to the Chinese troops
New Delhi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju twitter; The Indian Army hoisted the National flag in eastern Ladakh's Galwan valley. The response came a day after Chinese troops in a state media tweet showcased them with their flag at Galwan valley.
Army sources said that the video from the official Chinese media Twitter handle does not violate the demilitarized zone between the two countries in the area.
After the violent faceoff in Galwan valley in June 2020, several rounds of military talks were held but it ended in a stalemate.
Disengagement at some border points did take place but by and large, there is an impasse on complete disengagement. Disengagement at Depsang and Hot Springs remains a key sticky point. There is still a huge build-up of forces on each side of eastern Ladakh even during the harsh winter.
Satellite images from July last year confirmed the disengagement of Indian and Chinese soldiers from the Galwan clash site by 2 km on each side. This took place after special representative-level talks between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
The recent video tweeted by the Chinese media Twitter handle, is not within the area where this disengagement took place.
India and China have also not been on good terms over Arunachal Pradesh. India earlier said it has seen reports of China attempting to rename some places in Arunachal Pradesh "in its own language." India said the state has been and will always be an integral part of India and "assigning invented names cannot alter this fact".
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