Monday, May 6, 2013

Chinese incursions into Ladakh region..

Last few weeks had been tough for Indian government trying hard to talk the Chinese troops out of Indian territory . Chinese were adamant on there claim that there's no incursion. Even after  3 flag meetings between the top military officials of both countries there was no progress.
This is nothing new by the Chinese, they have been doing this  frequently for many years now. Its a part of their strategy to assert their supremacy in the region. There has been many such instances of intrusion into the Indian territory as well as into the air space  of India. There were also air space violation by the Chinese during this whole episode.
But this was the longest stand off since 1962 war with China. It really sent  India's external affairs  into apprehensions regarding chinese plans.

The Indian side did everything in order to avoid a military face off with their super power neighbor. I feel this is the best thing to do in a situation like this.
A top US expert feels that the Chinese incursions in eastern Ladakh are more a tactical move by the Chinese army than a larger strategy by its government.

The alleged incursion of the Red Army into Indian territory set off a diplomatic stand-off between the two countries.
The army is responding to the infrastructure buildup by the Indians on the other side in terms of roads, airstrips, tanks, bridges etc.

 Deepened diplomatic engagement with China finally ended the 21-day border standoff in eastern Ladakh on Sunday, with both armies agreeing to simultaneously pull out of the site and go back to pre-April 15 positions. But there are unconfirmed reports that a deal has been reached at during the meetings that says that India will destroy some of its bunkers in the Chumar region but what really happened is yet not public or official.