“The way China has built roads, bridges, tunnels and habitats along the entire LAC, from eastern Ladakh to Arunachal, over the last five years, PLA troops can easily afford to pull back 100-150km and then come back again in 2-3 hours,” a senior Army officer told TOI. ​Our forces cannot. This huge time differential in mobilisation between the rival forces will have to be factored in during any de-escalation talks,a senior Army officer said.

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The Fiji Prime Minister is also likely to deliver a talk on ‘Ocean of Peace’ at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) in New Delhi.