Xi Jinping has promoted Xu Qiling, who supervises the Indian border, from the commander of the Western Commander to the general.
Chinese President Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping promoted Xu Qiling, the commander of the Western Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), to the rank of general amid the ongoing India-China border tension. is. China’s Western Theater Command monitors the border with India. This step has been taken at a time when the standoff has increased continuously on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh. Apart from this, three other officers have also been promoted to the rank of General.
Xi Jinping is also the chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). He is also the overall high command of the PLA. He has promoted 58-year-old Xu Qiling to the rank of general, the highest rank given to an officer during active military service in China. According to the report of the official news agency Xinhua, the officers who have been promoted to the rank of general. These include Wang Xiubin, Commander of the Southern Command, Liu Zhenli, Commander of the PLA Army, and Ju Qiansheng, Commander of the PLA Strategic Assistance (Missile) Force.
Xu Killing is a rising star in the PLA
The Chinese President presented the certificates of the orders he had signed on Monday at a ceremony organized by the CMC in Beijing. Xu Qing was the first lieutenant general. He was appointed head of the Western Theater Command Ground in June last year. Xinhua in its report named Xu as the commander of the PLA’s Western Theater Command. Considered a rising star in the PLA, Xu Qing is one of the young generals promoted by Xi since taking over the PLA in late 2012. India and China have been facing a military standoff over several disputed points in eastern Ladakh since early May last year.
60 thousand soldiers from both sides are stationed on the border
However, the two sides completed the withdrawal of troops and weapons from the north and south banks of Pangong Lake in February after a series of military and diplomatic talks. Both sides are now engaged in talks about the process of removing troops and weapons from the remaining tense areas. India is continuously pressing for the withdrawal of troops from Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang. According to military officials, both sides have now deployed 50 thousand to 60 thousand soldiers on the border. So far, several rounds of talks have been held between India and China to resolve the border dispute.
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