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AHEAD OF Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfus visit to New Delhi this week for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers meeting, India and China held the 18th round of military talks on Sunday to discuss legacy friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and ways to overcome the trust deficit between the two militaries...
Sources said pending issues along the LAC such as Depsang Plains and Demchok will also feature in the discussions.The last military talks between India and China took place in December last year, but there was no forward movement, either on resolution of legacy issues or on an overall de-escalation in eastern Ladakh...
Prior to that, in September last year, both sides pulled back troops to disengage from Patrolling Point-15 in the Gogra-Hot Springs area of Eastern Ladakh, which marked a step forward in the military standoff between the two sides which began in May 2020..
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