India-China border row: 7th round of talks ends without any agreement

India's core demand remains a troop pull-back by China to positions both sides held in April

On Tuesday evening, New Delhi and Beijing signed off on a joint press release to describe the previous day’s talks between senior military commanders of the two sides, in which there was no agreement to disengage or de-escalate.

All that the joint release on the seventh round of talks at Chushul could claim was a “sincere, in-depth and constructive exchange of views on disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)… [which] enhanced understanding of each other’s positions.” 
 

In fact, after six previous rounds of talks that began in early June, both sides already had a complete understanding of each other’s