The Indian and Chinese armies held corps commander-level talks on Sunday at the Wacha-Damai border meeting point in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kibithoo sector, focusing on issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and measures to maintain peace and tranquillity along the border.
Lieutenant General Girish Kalia, commander of the Dimapur-based 3 Corps, led the Indian delegation. The Indian Army did not issue an official statement on the meeting.
The talks came days after India and China held the 25th round of discussions between their special representatives on the boundary issue in Beijing. The latest military meeting was the first corps commander-level engagement in the sector since those talks.
During the special representatives’ meeting, the two sides agreed on eight points, including identifying two additional locations for senior military commander-level meetings to strengthen border management.
Sunday’s meeting was also the first such engagement since tensions were reportedly witnessed between Indian Army and Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops in Taksin, a remote area of Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district.
India Stresses Need for Border Peace
India has repeatedly maintained that peace and tranquillity along the border are essential for improving bilateral relations with China.
On August 25, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks in Beijing as the special representatives of the two countries. Discussions focused on boundary delimitation and trans-boundary cooperation.
The Ministry of External Affairs said India had stressed the importance of maintaining peace and tranquillity in the border areas for the continued development of bilateral ties.
The situation in the Arunachal Pradesh sector remains unclear, although people familiar with the matter had earlier reported several face-offs between Indian and Chinese troops in the Taksin area, with tensions reportedly escalating towards the end of July.
The latest military talks come as India and China continue efforts to stabilise relations following the 2020 military confrontation in eastern Ladakh. The recent special representatives’ meeting was the third since the two countries reached an understanding in October 2024 to resolve the Ladakh standoff, which had severely strained bilateral ties.
