The US has welcomed the withdrawal of Indian and Chinese troops from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the reduction in tension between the two countries. According to ANI, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller on Tuesday clarified that the US has not played any role in resolving the matter. The US also said that it is closely monitoring the matter. Meanwhile, defense sources said that the withdrawal process of troops in the Depsang and Demchok areas of the eastern Ladakh region is almost complete. India is working to resolve this long-standing dispute. The Chinese Foreign Ministry had said on Friday that the troops of both the countries are engaged in carrying out the work as per the agreement on the border. There was tension in Depsang and Demchok since the Galwan clash between Indo-Chinese soldiers in 2020. India and China signed a new patrolling agreement on 21 October. This ended the 4-year-long deadlock between the two countries. Depsang: According to the Indian Army, soldiers will now be able to go to patrolling points 10, 11, 11-A, 12 and 13 in Depsang for patrolling. Demchok: Patrolling Point-14 i.e. Galwan Valley, Gogra Hot Springs i.e. PP-15 and PP-17 are buffer zones. Reports had quoted sources as saying that patrolling here will be considered later. Buffer zone means an area where both armies cannot come face to face with each other. These zones separate the opposing armies. India-China patrolling agreement in 3 points 1. The agreement was finalized before PM Modi’s BRICS visit. Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at BRICS. Modi had said here that maintaining peace is necessary at all costs. 2. China and India agreed to restore the situation of April 2020 on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. That is, now the Chinese army will withdraw from those areas where it had encroached. 3. Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vikram Misri had said that a proposal has been prepared to resolve the issues that arose after 2020 along with patrolling in the India-China border areas. Both countries will take steps on this. 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in the clash in Galwan on 15 June 2020. On 15 June 2020, China had gathered soldiers in the border areas of Eastern Ladakh on the pretext of exercise. After this, incidents of infiltration took place at many places. The Indian government also deployed soldiers equal to China in this area. The situation became so bad that bullets were fired on the LAC. During this time, 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in a clash with the Chinese army in the Galwan Valley on 15 June. Later India also gave a befitting reply to this. About 60 Chinese soldiers were killed in this. —————— Read this news related to India-China agreement too… S Jaishankar met Chinese Foreign Minister: Said- LAC and previous agreements should be respected, only then relations between the two countries will improve. An important meeting took place in Laos between Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. In this, the India-China border dispute was discussed between the leaders. Jaishankar asked the Chinese Foreign Minister to respect the LAC and previous agreements. Jaishankar said that stabilizing the relations is in the interest of both the countries. Read full news…
