Indian and Chinese troops begin disengagement in Gogra-Hotsprings in eastern Ladakh
Premium- India said disengagement is in a coordinated and planned way and is meant to keep border peace.
Indian and Chinese troops have begun disengaging from the Gogra-Hotsprings border area in the western Himalayas, the Indian government said in a statement on Thursday.
As per the Defence Ministry statement, the disengagement is in a coordinated and planned way and is meant to keep border peace.
It adds, that today, as per the consensus reached in the 16th round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting, Indian& Chinese troops in the area of Gogra-Hotsprings (PP-15) have begun to disengage in a coordinated & planned way, which is conducive to peace&tranquility in the border areas.
The statement comes ahead of a meeting in Uzbekistan next week which Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to attend.
The two countries have stationed tens of thousands of soldiers backed by artillery, tanks and fighter jets along the de facto border, called the Line of Actual Control. Last year, 20 Indian troops were killed in a clash with Chinese soldiers involving clubs, stones and fists along the disputed border. China said it lost four soldiers.
The Line of Actual Control separates Chinese and Indian-held territories from Ladakh in the west to India’s eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims in its entirety. India and China fought a war over the border in 1962.
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