The Centre on Monday said it was always open to talks on Ladakh matters with the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) “at any time” and expressed confidence that continuous dialogue would yield the desired results in the near future.

The statement by the Union Home Ministry came after the LAB announced that it would not attend the October 6 talks with the Centre until normalcy was restored and a conducive atmosphere was created in Ladakh. It also announced the boycott of a preparatory meeting before the talks scheduled to be held between the two sides in New Delhi tomorrow. The outfit said it would rethink about returning to the table “if right steps were taken before the scheduled next round of talks (on October 6)”.

The LAB walked out of talks in the aftermath o

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