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New Delhi: India and China have agreed to resume patrolling to the agreed perceived Line of Actual Control, including in Depsang Plains and Demchok, though there is unlikely to be any immediate thinning down of troops other than those pulled back in the winter as is the norm, ThePrint has learnt...
Sources in the defence and security establishment told ThePrint that resumption of patrolling along the LAC, which will come to a halt again once the winter sets in, is the first step to full-scale disengagement..
They added that there would be a reduction of troops in the winter, as has been the practice over the last four years, and during this time both countries would continue to discuss complete disengagement...
Four and a half years after tensions erupted along the border in May 2020, India Monday said it has reached an agreement with China for disengagement and resumption of patrolling...
Over the last several weeks, Indian and Chinese diplomatic and military negotiators have been in close contact with each other in a variety of forums as a result of these discussions, agreement has been arrived on patrolling arrangement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the India-China border leading to disengagement and resolution of the issues that had risen in these areas in 2020..
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