Key Points
The agreement reached on Monday pertains to only Depsang and Demchok, the Army sources said, adding that the buffer zones created in other conflict points in Eastern Ladakh as part of the disengagement plans reached since 2020 will remain..
The Indian and Chinese military commanders are still in talks over patrolling in theearlier-created buffer zones, and that will be a separate agreement, the Army sources said...
It would entail pulling back troops in line with the April 2020 status and removing any permanent or semi-permanent structures, such as tents, huts, weapon positions, and vehicles, they said.. They added that patrolling would take place at all locations in Depsang and Demchok as was carried out as of April 2020...
However, since 2017, the Chinese troops have been regularly blocking Indian troops from reaching the patrolling points in the Y-junction area after the Indian troops crossed the bottleneck area and reached there..
In May 2020, the Chinese crossed the nalla and put a tent up on the Indian side.. Again, it was not immediately clear if the Chinese would go to the April 2020 positions now, continuing to block Indian patrols, or whether they would allow patrols up to Charding La..
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