India and China pledge to maintain peace on border

NEW DELHI, 21 Feb – The commanders of the army corps of India and China during the next meeting agreed to maintain a dialogue on the issue of the undemarcated border in the high mountainous region of Ladakh, the Indian Foreign Ministry reports.
The new, 21st round of the meeting at the commander level was held on February 19 at the Chushul-Moldo border checkpoint.
“The discussions built on previous rounds aimed at achieving complete disengagement in the remaining areas along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh as an important basis for restoring peace and tranquility in the India-China border areas. Both sides shared their views in this regard during the talks,” held in a friendly and cordial atmosphere,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The negotiators agreed to keep in touch on future actions through appropriate channels between the military and diplomats and also committed to maintaining peace and tranquility on the ground in the border areas
India and China have a long-standing territorial dispute over nearly 60,000 square kilometers in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, as well as a swathe of mountainous territory in northern Kashmir. The Line of Actual Control, which replaces the border between countries in this region, runs in the Ladakh region. In the fall of 1962, this dispute even escalated into a border war.
A new escalation began in Ladakh in May 2020, when a series of clashes between the military of China and India took place in the Pangong Lake area, after which New Delhi and Beijing increased their military presence in the region. In February 2021, most of the troops moved to the region were withdrawn and the parties continued negotiations. In early September 2022, India and China also carried out a new phase of troop withdrawal on the border, but did not resolve all border issues, and therefore negotiations are ongoing. Currently, 50-60 thousand troops are still deployed on both sides of the India-China border

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