India and China are scheduled to hold the 6th round of Corps Commander talks at 9 a.m. on Monday on the Chinese side at Moldo opposite Chushul, a defence source said on Sunday. For the first time, a Joint Secretary-level official from the Ministry of External Affairs will be part of the delegation, the source said.
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Joint Secretary East Asia Navin Srivastava will be part of the Indian delegation. He has been part of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) talks between India-China border affairs.
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The talks assume importance following the meeting between Foreign Ministers S. Jaishankar and Wang Yi in Moscow on September 10 where they agreed on a five-point plan for disengagement and de-escalation along the disputed boundary in Ladakh.
The focus would be on complete disengagement and the Indian position remains restoration of status quo ante of pre-May positions, sources said.
