Galwan Valley:Twitterati pays respect to the martyrs

Story by  ANI | Posted by  shaista fatima • 1 Years ago
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New Delhi

While the world battled the deadly Coronavirus, Indian and Chinese army were locked in stand-offs at the eastern Laddakh border.

June 15 marks the second anniversary of the deadly clash between the Indian troops and the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in Ladakh’s remote Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed and an undisclosed number of Chinese troops lost their lives.

Galwan clash was the first deadly face off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in five decades. The clash along the LAC in eastern Ladkah over the Chinese Army’s actions led to a military standoff with Beijing. The trust deficit between the two sides post this clash still continues as the Indian Army and the Chinese PLA have so far held 15 rounds of talks between the Corps Commanders to resolve the standoff.

Social media handles today flooded the platforms with condolences

The series of meetings between the two sides continued till the end of 2020, with an escalation in September, when the Chinese PLA claimed that Indian troops had fired warning shots, prompting it to “take countermeasures to stabilize the situation on the ground” in Pangong Tso, one of the most contentious sectors in Ladkah, The first major breakthrough in talks to resolve the nine-month military standoff was only reached in February 2021.