Not An Inch Of Land Lost To China, We Are Where We Were Before, Says Army Chief General MM Naravane

INDIA HAS not lost even “an inch of land” to China during the standoff in eastern Ladakh that began in May 2020, Army Chief General M M Naravane said on Tuesday.

“We have not lost out on any territory, we are where we were before this whole thing started… Not an inch of land has been lost,” General Naravane was quoted by ANI news agency as saying in an interview.

The Army Chief said after the ninth round of talks between Corps Commanders on January 24, “we agreed for phased disengagement from friction areas” and “10th February onwards disengagement started and went as per plan, from north and south banks of Pangong Tso and Kailash Range”. He said “people have gone back to their nearest permanent locations”.