That followed after military commanders from both sides met on Saturday in Chushul, a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, near the disputed border.
in the remote region of Ladakh since last month. India is building a strategic road through the Galwan Valley in Ladakh and connecting the region to an airstrip, the Associated Press reported — a move China opposes.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China's President Xi Jinping at the 2017 BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China, on September 4, 2017.An amicable resolution to the dispute is likely as neither side wants to see an escalation in the tensions, according to Eurasia Group's South Asia analyst, Akhil Bery.
"Another reason is that when India abrogated Article 370, which removed the state of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, Home Minister Amit Shah did say thatWhile India may not have the military capabilities to match China at the moment, it is certainly working on its diplomatic efforts to help contain China that way.India and China are embroiled in border disputes over two large areas, and one of them is Aksai Chin.
"So, that probably played into some of China's sensitivities, especially as it's looking to assert itself more with territorial claims," Bery added.follow the U.S. and adopt an anti-China stance
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