The situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) was stable but in a state of “heightened alert” and to make sure that there was no irritant that was likely to become a violent situation, firstly at the lower level (battalion and brigade level), various channels of communication have been opened up. Also, the system of body push has been stopped to ensure that there was no physical contact, the GOC-in-C, Northern Command, Lt. Gen. Upendra Dwivedi, said on Friday.
Talking to journalists on the sidelines of a two-day North Tech Symposium at Udhampur, he stated that India now had “strategic patience” and was negotiating from a position of strength.
