Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday described the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh as stable but sensitive.

The Army Chief’s Address

Addressing a curtain raising event for the Chanakya Defence Dialogue, Gen Dwivedi acknowledged the positive signaling coming from diplomatic talks between the two countries. The aim is to find an early resolution to the military conflict between China and India.

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However, he emphasised that the execution of any plan depends on the military commanders on the ground.

“The positive signaling is coming from the diplomatic side, but what we need to understand (is that) the diplomatic side gives options and possibilities,” he said.

“But when it comes to the execution on ground, when it relates to ground per se; it is depended on the military commanders on both sides to take those decisions, the Army Chief said.

The Army Chief stressed that the situation is sensitive.

” The situation is stable, but it is not normal, it is sensitive”. We are wanting the situation to be as pre April 2020, he said.

In the complete gamut, the trust has become the “biggest casualty”, he added.

India and China have two rounds of diplomatic talks in July and August, as well as 21 rounds of Corp-commander level talks, to resolve the standoff. The military standoff began in early May 2020, and while disengagement has been achieved in some friction points, full resolution of the border row has not been yet achieved.