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China-India border row: no sign of progress as winter looms
- Without a breakthrough, troops must prepare for harsh months ahead in the Himalayas, Indian sources say
- This comes as commanders from both sides held fifth round of talks on Saturday
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Military talks on the India-China border row have yielded little progress and Indian troops must be prepared for the “long haul”, according to military and diplomatic sources in New Delhi.
The assessment came after commanders from both sides held talks on Saturday – their fifth round since a deadly clash in June in the Himalayan Galwan Valley left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
The talks took place at Daulat Beg Oldi, on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Depsang Plains, the focus of the latest de-escalation efforts.
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Major General Abhijit Bapat led the Indian delegation but China did not say who its representatives were.
The area lies within territory India claims as part of Ladakh and China sees as part of its own. Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a three-week stand-off in Ladakh in 2013 that ended in both sides withdrawing troops.
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The area is one of several locations along several hundred kilometres of disputed border, with troops stationed in hotspots like Pangong Lake and the Galwan Valley.
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