India-China Border Dispute: The process of withdrawal of troops has started in Depsang and Demchok. Indian Army sources had already confirmed this. At the same time, now China has also confirmed this.
China has said in its statement that soldiers of China and India are engaged in this work. This work is going on smoothly. Recently there was an agreement on patrolling between India and China.
China issued statement
“In accordance with the recent agreement between China and India on issues related to the border area, Chinese and Indian border troops will be deployed in the border area,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a media briefing in Beijing on Friday, Indian Express reports. Engaged in related work, this work is going on smoothly.
🎙Spokesperson of MFA:
In accordance with the resolutions that China and India reached recently on issues concerning the border area, the Chinese and Indian frontier troops are engaged in relevant work, which is going smoothly at the moment. pic.twitter.com/OyRJabkdjn— Yu Jing (@ChinaSpox_India) October 26, 2024
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar gave a big leave
Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that the agreement with China regarding patrolling on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) does not mean that the issues between the two countries have been resolved, although the withdrawal of troops will pave the way for the next step. Got a chance to think. He gave credit for the agreement to the army, which worked under very unimaginable circumstances.
Jaishankar said at an event in Pune, “Under the agreement reached on October 21 (for withdrawal of troops), patrolling will be done in Depsang and Demchok. With this, we will now be able to think about the next step. It is not that everything is solved.” “It has been done, but this is the first phase of withdrawal of troops and we have been successful in reaching that stage.”
