India and China will remove troops from 2 border points next week. Army’s withdrawal border

The withdrawal of Indian and Chinese troops from the so-called Line of Actual Control – the border between the two countries – will be completed next week at two points in the western Himalayas, Indian media reported this Friday (25), which will reportedly last four years. The tension that started after a deadly clash between the two armies came to an end.

“The withdrawal (of troops) at the two friction points of Demchok and Depsang in the Himalayas is expected to be completed on October 28 and 29,” Indian Army sources told “PTI” news agency, adding that patrolling would begin. since.

The same sources highlighted that the de-escalation announced this week by Indian External Affairs Minister Subramaniam Jaishankar would include the removal of temporary structures erected by the armies at existing positions occupied by both sides.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian announced at a press conference today that “relevant work” carried out by troops from both sides on the front line is progressing “smoothly”, but there were no further details. .

Escalation of tensions in the region began in mid-2020, when the deployment of Chinese troops near the border prompted a response from India and escalated into a border conflict in the western Himalayas that has been fought between the two Asian powers for about half the time. It was the worst situation. Shatabdi, in which at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed and 76 were injured.

Since then, despite a major mobilization of troops, several rounds of talks in the diplomatic and military sectors to reduce friction in the region and reduce the number of troops, the situation has remained tense.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting – the first in five years – on the sidelines of the BRICS summit last Wednesday, confirming that they have reached an agreement to reduce military tensions in the disputed border areas. .

There are historical disputes between New Delhi and Beijing over some Himalayan areas, such as Aksai Chin, which is administered by China and claimed by India; And in many places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, the situation is reversed.