Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 12  The Indian Army today said there was no communication from the Chinese side to indicate the meeting to plan for the annual hand-in-hand exercise between the two countries had been “put on freeze”.Reacting to a report in The Tribune published on May 12, Army spokesperson Col Aman Anand said: “There is nothing to suggest that the meeting to plan for military exercises between the two nations has been put on freeze.”Though the meeting called the initial planning conference was scheduled this month, sources said there was no communication from China either on the dates of the meeting or its conduct.The final planning conference is slated for July and the exercise is to be hosted by China in October-November.