The Chinese and Indian frontier troops are doing relevant work, as per the resolutions that China and India reached recently on issues concerning the border area, which is going smoothly at the moment,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said here on Friday at a media briefing.
????Spokesperson of MFA: According to the agreements recently reached between China and India over issues relating to the border area, Chinese and Indian frontier forces are conducting related work, which is currently proceeding normally.
On October 21, India said it agreed to withdraw troops from all friction points, and China confirmed the next day, saying the two sides have reached “resolutions on relevant matters.” Beijing will work with New Delhi to implement the resolutions.
Indian Army sources said on Friday that the two sides had started troop disengagement at the two friction points at Demchok and Depsang Plains in eastern Ladakh, and this process would likely be completed by October 28-29.
They said the agreement was arrived at only for these two friction points, and “talks are still underway” for other areas.
These sources said that patrolling should resume at these places once the disengagement started two days ago is complete, and all sides will take back the troops and destroy the jhuggis.
They said finally that the place and patrolling status could be restored to and fro as was the pre-April 2020 level.
The ties between the two Asian giants nosedived following a fierce clash in the Galwan Valley in June 2020, marked by the most serious military confrontation in decades between the two sides.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on October 21 that the agreement was finalized after a series of negotiations over the last few weeks and would resolve the issues that arose in 2020.
