India and China held another high-level military talks on maintaining peace and security along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The Corps Commander level meeting took place on October 25 at the Moldo-Chushul point on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control. This was the first such conversation between the two armies after the Special Representatives talks between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in August.
India-China agree to maintain peace on LAC
The Foreign Ministry said that the talks took place in a friendly and cordial atmosphere. The ministry said that both sides took note of the progress made since the 22nd round of Corps Commander level meeting in October 2024 and agreed that peace and harmony have been maintained in the India-China border areas. “Both sides agreed to continue using existing mechanisms to resolve any ground issues along the border to maintain stability,” the ministry said.
Efforts to improve relations between India and China
India and China have initiated several measures in the last few months to normalize their relations after India and China ended more than four years of military standoff along the LAC in eastern Ladakh in October last year. The standoff effectively ended after the withdrawal of troops from the last two friction points of Demchok and Depsang was completed.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India on 19 August 2025. India and China subsequently announced several measures for stable, cooperative and forward-looking relations, including jointly maintaining border peace, reopening of border trade and promoting investment flows.
Corps Commander level talks held in Ladakh
The Ministry of External Affairs said on the corps-commander talks, “This was the first meeting of the general-level mechanism in the western sector since the 24th round of talks of Special Representatives held on August 19 last.” A Chinese statement on the corps-commander talks said the two sides held active and in-depth dialogue on the management of the western side of the China-India border.
It said that both sides have decided to maintain communication and dialogue as per the decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. “They agreed to continue communication and dialogue through military and diplomatic channels under the guidance of the important consensus reached between the leaders of the two countries, and to jointly maintain peace and tranquility in the China-India border areas,” China’s Defense Ministry statement said.
60 thousand soldiers still deployed
Both sides have withdrawn their troops from the conflict areas, but have not withdrawn frontline forces from the border. Currently, around 50,000 to 60,000 troops from each side are deployed along the Line of Actual Control in the eastern Ladakh region.
The military standoff in eastern Ladakh began in May 2020 and resulted in a deadly clash in the Galwan Valley in June the same year, severely straining relations between the two neighbours. The decision to revive various dialogue mechanisms between India and China was taken at a meeting between Modi and Xi in the Russian city of Kazan in October last year.
