Easing Arunachal positions part of pact: Army chief
Army chief said that trust has to be restored on the China border and status quo of April 2020 needs to be achieved for normal management of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), even as details have emerged that the patrolling agreement with Beijing will include easing up of positions in Arunachal Pradesh that had emerged as tension flashpoints over the past four years.
General Upendra Dwivedi indicated that several steps are required before disengagement, de-escalation and normal management of the border can be achieved.
«We are trying to restore trust. How will the trust get restored? It will get restored once we are able to see each other and we are able to convince each other that look 'the buffer zones which are there, which have been created… we are not creeping into buffer zones'… and both have to reassure each other,» he said.
«Patrolling gives you that kind of advantage… and as we restore the trust, the other stages will also follow through,» he added, referring to larger de-escalation that will involve pulling back thousands of troops that have been forward deployed in eastern Ladakh since 2020.
The external affairs ministry had said that a patrolling agreement has been reached with China that will restore the status quo as of April 2020. It is learnt that as part of the larger deal, there will be an easing of positions in Arunachal that have seen flare-ups in the past four years.
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