The standoff in eastern Ladakh persists since India's position on developing a comprehensive de-escalation strategy in the region is unpopular with China.

India has maintained that piecemeal disengagement, such as that seen in Pangong Tso, Galwan, and Gogra, where buffer zones have been established, will not result in a permanent settlement. For the Hot Springs region, china insists on a comparable buffer zone.

With a buffer zone of 3 to 10 kilometres in certain places, india will be unable to police the territories as it has in the past. Furthermore, remaining concerns such as Depsang and Demchok, which were not included in the May 2020 standoff, must be handled, but china has been adamant about discussing them.

The indian Army had made helpful ideas for addressing the remaining issues, but the Chinese side remained uncooperative and unable to make any forward-looking offers. As a consequence, the conference failed to resolve the outstanding issues.

The indian side maintained during the 13th Corps commander level discussions on Ladakh that the situation along the LAC was created by China's unilateral actions to change the status quo in violation of bilateral agreements.

"India insists on excessive and unworkable demands, creating restrictions to the discussions," china countered.
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Kailas Ashwin Sathish

11/10/2021 11:30 AM