Dehradun(Uttarakhand): Army General Chief MM Naravane on Saturday said that the entire situation along the India-China border is under control and a series of talks has been followed up with meetings.
"I would like to assure everyone that entire situation along our borders with China is under control. We're having a series of talks which started with Corps Commander level talks and has been followed up with meetings at local level between Commanders of equivalent ranks", said Army Chief General.
"A lot of disengagement has taken place and we are hopeful that through the continued dialogue we're having, all perceived differences between India and China will be resolved soon. Everything is under control," he added.
MM Naravane was speaking to reporters after reviewing the Passing Out Parade of officers at Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.
Major General-level talks were held on Friday between the Indian and Chinese Armies to discuss the ongoing dispute in Eastern Ladakh.
India-China will hold multiple talks at different levels to address the situation, Army sources earlier said.
The military Commander-level talks were held on June 6 between 14 Corps Chief Lt Gen Harinder Singh and Chinese Maj Gen Liu Lin at Moldo opposite Chushul.
After the first round of talks, Chinese and Indian Armies disengaged by going back by 2-2.5 km from their stand-off positions at Galwan Nala, PP-15 and Hot Springs.
The Chinese military started a build-up along the Line of Actual Control in May first week along with the Ladakh sector and Sikkim where they came to the Naku La area and had a face-off with the Indian troops there. The two countries have held military and diplomatic talks to resolve the stand-off in Eastern Ladakh.
Commenting on India's relation with Nepal, Narvane said ,"We have a very strong relationship with Nepal. We have geographical, cultural, historical, religious linkages. We have very strong people to people connect. Our relation with them has always been strong and will remain strong in the future."
While taking about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army Chief said, "As far as Jammu and Kashmir is concerned and our western neighbour, as you would have seen we have had a lot of successes in the last one week or 10 days. In the last 10-15 days alone, more than 15 terrorists have been killed. All of this has been because of very close cooperation and coordination between all the security forces operating in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir."
He added, "Most of the operations have been based on information provided by the locals themselves which goes to show that they are also absolutely fed up with militancy and terrorism, and they want that the situation should return to normal."
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