Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday met the chief of defence staff, General Bipin Rawat, and the tri-service chiefs and reviewed the five-week-old border standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh. Marathon talks between Indian and Chinese military commanders on Saturday to resolve the standoff had remained “inconclusive”. “The review meeting was called today (Monday) to assess the ground situation and chalk out future strategy,” a defence ministry official said. In the evening, Rajnath said that talks were on at the military and diplomatic levels between India and China to resolve the standoff. The foreign ministry said that both sides had agreed to resolve the situation peacefully in accordance with various bilateral agreements.

Source: The Telegraph June 08, 2020 22:52 UTC