India has shot down a proposal by China that troops of both sides could slightly back off from their existing eyeball-to-eyeball position in Ladakh even as Defence Minister AK Antony made it clear that the country would take every possible step to safeguard its interests.
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Chinese troops have to go back to positions held before the April 15 intrusion to defuse the current border crisis, the Indian side said during a flag meeting with China today. The third flag meeting, held between Brigadier-level officials at the ‘Spanggur-Gap’ in eastern Ladakh, lasted for nearly four hours. China, sources said, offered a phased response and it looked that as if it was testing India’s military resolve.
