
India on Thursday made it clear to China that there will be no improvement in the overall bilateral relationship till its troops disengage and de-escalate tensions in the standoff in eastern Ladakh, while summarily rejecting a new Chinese plan for resumption of military-to-military engagements in a sharp message to its neighbour. Defence minister Rajnath Singh told his China's General Li Shangfu that China’s “violation of existing agreements has eroded the entire basis of bilateral relations”.