New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Days after the violent standoff at Galwan Valley that led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers, Indian and Chinese Armies has decided to withdraw their troops from all four friction points, including Galwan Valley PP-14, PP-15, Hot Springs and Pangong Tso Finger areas.
According to a report by news agency ANI, the disengagement process between the two Armies that had started at Hot Springs and Gogra on Monday and is expected to be completed at both locations in few days.
The two Armies will likely hold further talks after the disengagement process, which had started on Monday, is completed, reported ANI.
"Under the mutual disengagement, both sides will disengage and move back by 1-1.5 km from the friction points. The two Armies are likely to hold further talks after the disengagement process is completed," ANI quoted Indian Army sources as saying.
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The Indian and Chinese soldiers were engaged eight week conflict along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakah. However, the two sides decided to withdraw their troops a day after National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed on completing the ongoing disengagement process along the LAC "expeditiously".
Doval and Wang, who are designated ‘Special Representatives' on Sino-India boundary question, held a telephonic conversation on Sunday during which they had a "frank and in-depth exchange" of views and agreed that a "complete disengagement" of troops at the "earliest" was necessary for full restoration of peace in the border areas, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday.
About India-China standoff in eastern Ladakh:
The Indian and Chinese Armies were locked in a bitter standoff in multiple locations in eastern Ladakh for the last eight weeks. The tension escalated manifold after the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in Galwan Valley. The Chinese side also suffered casualties but it is yet to give out the details. Both sides have held several rounds of diplomatic and military talks in the last few weeks to ease tension in the region.
The situation in eastern Ladakh had deteriorated after around 250 Chinese and Indian soldiers were engaged in a violent face-off on May 5 and 6. The incident in Pangong Tso was followed by a similar incident in north Sikkim on May 9.
(With agency inputs)
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