Ladakh stand-off: Chinese refuse to budge ahead of crucial border meet

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said a meeting was possible on Saturday

As the lieutenant general commanding the Indian Army corps in Ladakh prepares for a crucial meeting with the counterpart in China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), there is little from the Chinese side to encourage hopes of de-escalation.
 

The PLA has not yet formally agreed to attend the military-to-military meeting that India is seeking to organise at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Chushul, Ladakh, to work out a truce that would see the withdrawal of thousands of PLA soldiers that have occupied large chunks of Indian territory at the Pangong Lake north bank and the Galwan River valley over