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An agreement has been reached between China and India regarding LAC. After which now Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said that both the countries will return to patrolling like in 2020. He also said that once again an agreement has been reached between India and China regarding border patrolling.
S. What did Jaishankar say?
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Indian and Chinese troops will once again be able to resume patrolling as they did before the border tensions erupted in May 2020. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, before External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, announced that India and China will begin patrolling the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Himalayas. The contract reportedly pertains to patrolling in Dapsang and Demchok areas. Patrolling has started at these points and both the countries will start withdrawing their troops.
Will be back to 2020 status
- PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping can hold bilateral talks during the BRICS summit. Meanwhile, this important agreement has been reached. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that we have agreed on patrolling. We have reached an agreement and we will return to the status quo between the two countries in 2020. Foreign Minister Jaishankar said that tension arose between the two countries after 2020 due to many reasons. They blocked us and we blocked them. But now once again we have reached an agreement.
- Now about how the agreement was reached between the two countries. Jai Shankar said that this agreement was reached due to patience and diplomacy. He said that many people have almost given up talking to China. But we have been talking to China since September 2020. We remained very patient throughout the entire process of negotiations with China.
- Talking about the importance of this agreement, the Foreign Minister said that the most important thing is that if there is an agreement between the two countries, then it becomes the basis of many agreements between the two countries. It also underlines peace on the border. He said that if there is no peace on the border between the two countries, then how will bilateral relations improve. Regarding trade between China and India, the Foreign Minister said that an agreement has been reached on LAC, so I cannot say that this agreement will affect trade as well.
What was the dispute?
A meeting was held in Beijing on 29 August regarding the border between China and India. There was a discussion between the two countries to resolve the dispute and resolve differences on LAC. Earlier, during a summit in Geneva on September 12, the External Affairs Minister had said that 75 percent of the dispute between India and China has been resolved.
In the year 2020, there was a clash between China and India in Galwan. 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in this encounter in Galwan in June. While 40 Chinese soldiers were killed or injured. After this clash in Galwan, the relations between the two countries were badly affected.
