NEW DELHI
\nIndia is not looking to reduce the number of troops along the northern frontier in winter, the country\u2019s army chief said on Monday adding that it will review summer deployment based on the outcome of negotiations with China.
\nFour years ago, 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed during border clashes following which both sides stopped patrolling several points on the border in Ladakh to avoid new confrontations, while moving tens of thousands of new troops and military equipment closer to the freezing mountainous region.
\nNew Delhi and Beijing reached a deal in October last year to resolve the four-year military stand-off and few days later they pulled back troops from the disputed border.
\n\u201cDuring winter deployment, the number of troops come down. So therefore, at least in the winter strategy, we are not looking forward to any reduction of troops,\u201d army chief Upendra Dwivedi told reporters in New Delhi.
\nDwivedi said a decision on summer deployment would depend on how negotiations and talks with China progress.
\n\u201cWhen it comes to the summer strategy, we\u2019ll take a review based on that time, how many negotiations and meetings have taken place,\u201d he said.
\nIndia and China share a poorly demarcated border which runs along the Himalayas and has been a source of tension between the neighbours for decades, including a brief but bloody war in 1962.
\nTies stabilised after diplomatic talks and a series of pacts were reached from 1991 and trade and business links boomed until they were disrupted by the clashes in the summer of 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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