Defence minister Rajnath Singh is going to visit Ladakh and Jammu Kashmir for a security review on July 17 at a point of time of military tensions in the sensitive sector where the Indian and Chinese armies are in talks for the next stage of disengagement, two officials said on Wednesday.
Singh will also visit forward areas in Jammu and Kashmir on July 18, they said.
Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane will accompany the minister, the officials said.
The military is keeping a strict vigil on the western front to deter Pakistan from fishing in troubled waters and prevent what could turn out to be a two-front conflict, as reported by Hindustan Times on July 2.
Singh was expected to visit Ladakh in early July, because of the rising tensions emerged between india and china at Galwan valley, but his tour was deferred. the Indian Defence Minister will be visiting Ladakh two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled visit to the sector on July 3. The PM then declared that the “era of expansionism” is over, sending a strong signal to China about India’s determination to defend its borders.
Complicated negotiations on kicking off the next stage of disengagement between the Indian and Chinese armies in eastern Ladakh saw senior military commanders from both sides hold a 14-hour meeting at Chushul on Tuesday to discuss the road map for further reducing tensions along the Line of Actual Control.