India and China have struck a deal that could ease border tensions ahead of expected leader meeting

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CNN . . India and China have reached an agreement on military disengagement along their disputed border, New Delhi said, a step toward reducing frictions between the nuclear-armed neighbors that comes ahead of an expected meeting between the countries leaders on the sidelines of a summit in Russia.. . Indias foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday said the agreement on military patrolling in certain areas brought the situation back to where it was in 2020 prior to a deadly border clash that year, thus completing the disengagement process with China.. . Beijing later confirmed on Tuesday that the two sides had reached a solution following close communication on relevant issues of the China-India border through diplomatic and military channels.. ..

The announcement has been widely seen as setting the stage for talks between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who are attending a three-day summit of BRICS nations in southwestern Russias Kazan.. . Indias Ministry of External Affairs confirmed the leaders would meet on Wednesday..

Chinese and Indian negotiators held the 31st round of border talks in late August.. . While an agreement on further disengagement on the border appears poised to be a significant step in what has been a sore point among other frictions in the China-India relationship, observers said more details were needed to understand the scope of the arrangement and what concessions may have been made...

Speaking about the new agreement at an event hosted by Indian broadcaster NDTV Monday, Indias Minister of External Affairs described how after the 2020 clash the two sides had blocked each other in certain areas.. ..

Its not clear why the two sides did not release a joint statement on the issue, and observers say the governments need to release more details of the arrangement before it can be fully evaluated.. . Manoj Kewalramani, who heads Indo-Pacific studies at the Takshashila Institution research center in the Indian city of Bangalore, said a restoration of patrolling rights would be a significant starting point for normalization.. ..

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