PM terms Ladakh incident ‘a localised problem’

April 27, 2013 02:38 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 10:36 pm IST - New Delhi

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his wife Gursharan Kaur, Minister of State for Defence Jintendra Kumar, Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, Army Chief General Bikram Singh and other dignitaries during the Defence Investiture Ceremony, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his wife Gursharan Kaur, Minister of State for Defence Jintendra Kumar, Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, Army Chief General Bikram Singh and other dignitaries during the Defence Investiture Ceremony, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday termed Chinese incursion in eastern Ladakh a “localised problem” and expressed confidence that the issue can be resolved.

“We do have a plan. We do not want to accentuate the situation. We do believe that it is possible to resolve this problem. It is a localised problem. I think talks are going on,” he said when asked if the government had any plans to resolve the issue.

Dr. Singh was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the defence investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The Indian Army has given various options and inputs on handling the issue to the government and the China Study Group, which has been apprised of the situation.

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