Disengagement between India and China at the Line of Actual Control – The disengagement process between India and China at the Line of Actual Control is 90% complete, know when Depsang-Demchok patrolling will begin – Indian and Chinese troops at the Line of Actual Control 80% to 90% of the disengagement process completed in Depsang and Demchok National Park

The Indian and Chinese armies are undergoing the disengagement process (the withdrawal process of the armies of the two countries) in the Depsang and Demchok areas of eastern Ladakh. As of Monday, 80-90 per cent of the disengagement process between Indian and Chinese troops in Depsang and Demchok was completed. This process includes the dismantling of all types of infrastructure and the withdrawal of troops by both sides. The disengagement process is expected to be completed within the next 24 hours.

In both areas, India and China have reached an agreement to restore the situation and start patrols by April 2020. There is no discussion yet on the four buffer zones, including the Galwan Valley. Once the two armies start patrolling in the Demchok and Depsang areas and build trust, talks will be held at the corps commander level to start patrolling in the remaining buffer zone. A date for talks at this level has not yet been set.

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Once the disengagement process is completed, India and China will conduct physical and aerial verification of the area. The current work is carried out on the basis of mutual trust and confidence. As part of the disengagement process, local military commanders in both countries hold hotline calls every morning to decide what actions to take that day. During this period, meetings between the military commanders of the two countries were also held once or twice a day.

India announced on October 21, 2024, that it had agreed to an agreement with China to end the more than four-year-old military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. On October 24, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said at an event in New Delhi that the two countries had reached a consensus to improve the “ground situation” on the basis of the principles of equality and common security.

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The standoff between India and China along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh began in April 2020, when the People’s Liberation Army of China attempted to unilaterally change the status quo. Affected by this incident, on the night of June 15th to 16th, 2020, soldiers from the two countries violently clashed in the Galwan Valley, resulting in the sacrifice of 20 Indian soldiers, and nearly double the number of Chinese troops also suffered heavy losses. . However, the People’s Liberation Army has never released an official number of soldiers killed in this conflict. After this incident, relations between the two countries were tense.

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