NEW DELHI: India’s foreign ministry said on Friday that disengagement along a disputed border area with China where troops from both countries have been locked in India, China To Withdraw From Disputed Border Area By Sept 12: Indian FM a standoff for more than two years will be completed by Sept. 12.
Indian and Chinese soldiers began withdrawing from the Gogra-Hot Springs area in the western Himalayas on Thursday, after deadly clashes at the frontier in June 2020 strained diplomatic ties.
“The two sides have agreed to cease forward deployments in this area in a phased, coordinated and verified manner, resulting in the return of the troops of both sides to their respective areas,” India Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said in a statement.
India and China share an undemarcated 3,800 km (2,360 mile) border. where their troops previously adhered to long-standing protocols to avoid the use of any firearms.
At least 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese were killed in hand-to-hand fighting in 2020, when troops from the two sides clashed in the Galwan area of the Ladakh region that straddles the de facto border known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
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