India, China agree to cool down situation at the LAC; here's what it means according to experts

This area is very close to India's 255 kilometre Darbuk Shyok DBO road and India's move to build a bridge over the Galwan Valley connecting Durbuk to the Daulat Beg Oldi Airstrip seems to have alarmed the Chinese as the bridge is just 7.5 kilometres from the LAC.

India's foreign minister has accused China of trying to erect a structure in Galwan Valley on the Indian side of LAC. The MEA said when Indian troops protested over the move, the Chinese side acted in a pre-meditated manner and attacked Indian troops. Clearly India China ties have been severely impacted and to discuss the road ahead from here, Parikshit Luthra spoke to Brigadier (Retd) V Mahalingam, defence & strategic analyst, Jayant Dasgupta, former ambassador to WTO, Phunchok Stobdan, strategic affairs expert, Ananth Krishnan, visiting fellow at Brookings India and Praveen Swami, Group Consulting Editor of Network18.