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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi made “suggestions” on “improving and developing” bilateral ties with China, which Chinese President Xi Jinping “agreed to in principle” during their meeting Wednesday in Russia, according to Beijing’s readout of the discussions. “The two leaders commended the important progress the two sides had recently made through intensive communication on resolving the relevant issues in the border areas. Prime Minister Modi made suggestions on improving and developing the relationship, which President Xi agreed to in principle,” said the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs. The meeting—the first full bilateral between the two in five years—saw the leaders spend close to an hour discussing the situation at the border, while also reviewing other aspects of ties ...

New Delhi: India and China have agreed to resume patrolling to the “agreed perceived Line of Actual Control,” including in Depsang Plains and Demchok, though there is unlikely to be any immediate thinning down of troops other than those pulled back in the winter as is the norm, ThePrint has learnt. Sources in the defence and security establishment told ThePrint that resumption of patrolling along the LAC, which will come to a halt again once the winter sets in, is the first step to full-scale disengagement. They added that there would be a reduction of troops in the winter, as has been the practice over the last four years, and during this time both countries would continue to discuss complete disengagement. It was not immediately clear if the patrolling will resume based on pre-2020 SOPs ...

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Modi made ‘suggestions’ to improve ties, accepted ‘in principle’ by Xi, says Chinese readout of meeting

Depsang ‘resolved’, patrolling to ‘agreed perceived LAC’. What India & China have agreed on