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New Delhi, 25 October (Hindustan Reporter). Following the agreement between India and China before the BRICS summit in Russia, disengagement has started in Demchok and Depsang, the two conflict points in the eastern Ladakh sector. Indian soldiers on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) discussed tea with Chinese soldiers in a pleasant atmosphere and then made them chant 'Jai Shri Ram'. After this, the soldiers of both the countries have started withdrawing their weapons in the respective areas. The Indian Army and the Chinese Army will complete disengagement by 28-29 October and start patrolling their respective patrolling points.
Before Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to the BRICS summit in Russia, it was announced on October 21 that an agreement has been reached between India and China on patrolling on the LAC, which is expected to melt the ice that has been frozen on the relations between the two countries for five years. Seen as. After this, Prime Minister Modi held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Russia on October 23 and welcomed the agreement between the two countries on the patrolling arrangement on LAC in eastern Ladakh. Prime Minister Modi said that maintaining peace and stability on the border should be the priority of both the countries and mutual trust should remain the basis of bilateral relations. The Prime Minister said that India-China relations are important not only for the people of both the countries but also for global peace, stability and progress.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said at the Chanakya Defense Dialogue in New Delhi on October 24 that India and China are holding talks at both diplomatic and military levels to resolve their differences in some areas of the LAC. This also includes patrolling and grazing in traditional areas. There is a broad consensus between the two countries to restore the situation on the ground based on the principles of equal and mutual security. He said that this consensus is the result of continuous talks, the results of which will emerge sooner or later. The Defense Minister said that development and security are often seen from separate perspectives but in reality they are deeply interlinked and mutually reinforcing.
There has been tension in the Depsang plain and Demchok area between the armies of the two countries since the border standoff with China began in May 2020. Despite withdrawal of troops from Galwan Valley, Pangong Lake, Gogra (PP-17A) and Hot Springs (PP-15) in Eastern Ladakh, thousands of soldiers and advanced weapons of Indian and Chinese armies are still deployed in both areas of Ladakh region. . Even after the latest agreement with China, the border dispute on LAC has not ended completely, as both the countries share a 3,488 km long border. This range is divided into three sectors, Eastern, Middle and Western, in which Ladakh falls in the Western sector.
Depsang and Demchok areas in the western sector of eastern Ladakh were discussed in the 19th round of military talks between India and China. Both countries had agreed to define patrolling 'limits', exchange prior information about each other's patrolling, strictly follow border protocols and de-escalate troops from both sides in the buffer zone. Now after the new agreement, the withdrawal of Indian and Chinese troops has started at the two conflict points in Demchok and Depsang plains in the eastern Ladakh sector. As per the agreements reached between the two sides, Indian troops have started withdrawing equipment to rear locations in the respective areas.
Defense officials said that after the agreement with China to patrol the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, there will be a reduction in troops from both the sides deployed for more than four years and weapons will also be withdrawn. Although the creation of buffer zone in Depsang and Demchok areas has not been announced yet, soldiers of both the countries gathered here and sat together and discussed over tea. There was discussion on restoration of mutual trust after prolonged tension between the two countries. After this, Indian soldiers made the Chinese soldiers chant 'Jai Shri Ram'. After that, the soldiers of both the countries have started withdrawing their weapons and military equipment in the respective areas, due to which the situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) will become the same as before May 2020. The Indian Army and the Chinese Army will complete disengagement by 28-29 October and start patrolling their respective patrolling points.