Indian National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will soon visit China. According to media reports, Doval’s visit will take place on December 18. During the meeting, he will discuss resolving issues related to the border dispute with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
An agreement was reached between India and China in October this year to resolve the border dispute. For this, the two countries had appointed Ajit Doval and Wang Yi as special representatives.
On October 23, during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This was the first bilateral conversation between Modi and Jinping after the Galwan standoff between India and China in 2020.
This is the first time since 2019 that a senior Indian official or leader has visited China. Earlier, Foreign Minister Jaishankar visited China in August 2019.
The image is of bilateral talks between India and China on October 23, 2024.
India and China held 38 meetings in 2 years
There have been tensions between India and China over the border dispute in eastern Ladakh for four years. After two years of negotiations, an agreement was reached on October 21 that the two armies would withdraw from the disputed points of Depsang and Demchok. After that, from October 25, the armies of both countries began to withdraw from the disputed points.
On the agreement between India and China regarding patrols in Latin America and the Caribbean, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar had on October 27 said that withdrawal of troops was the first step. The next step is to reduce stress. To ease tensions, 38 meetings took place between the two countries in 2 years.
According to the agreement, both armies have been restored to their previous status dating back to April 2020. The armies are now patrolling the same areas where they were patrolling before April 2020. Apart from this, the commander-level meeting is still ongoing.
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No decision has yet been taken regarding patrolling in Galwan Valley and Gogra Hot Springs. In the agreement, there was agreement on 4 points falling under the Depsang of Ladakh, but nothing was said regarding patrolling in Galwan valley and Gogra hot springs of Demchok.
Depsang: According to the Indian Army, soldiers will now be able to go to patrol points 10, 11, 11-A, 12 and 13 in Depsang for patrolling.
Demchok: Patrol point-14 i.e. Galwan Valley, Gogra Hot Springs i.e. PP-15 and PP-17 are buffer zones. The buffer zone designates an area where the two armies cannot come face to face. These zones separate opposing forces.
20 Indian soldiers were martyred during the clashes in Galwan on June 15, 2020.
On June 15, 2020, China had deployed troops in the border areas of eastern Ladakh under the pretext of exercises. Subsequently, infiltration incidents took place in many places.
The Indian government had also deployed an equal number of troops as China in this area. The situation became so serious that bullets were fired into the LAC.
Meanwhile, on June 15, 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in clashes with the Chinese army in Galwan Valley. Later, India also gave a befitting reply to this question. Around 60 Chinese soldiers were killed in this affair.
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Jaishankar said: Slight improvement in India-China relations: Armies have withdrawn in eastern Ladakh, but disputes still exist in many parts of the LAC.
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