India, China Troop Disengagement At Depsang, Demchok Complete. Patrolling Yet To Resume
India-China LAC: The Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) disengaged their troops at the Depsang plains and Demchok area in the Eastern Ladakh sector of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de-facto border between India and China, on Wednesday. The disengagement was carried out in line with a patrolling arrangement finalised by both sides in the small hours of October 21, just days before a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The disengagement process began on October 21 and came to its conclusion on October 29. However, the process of verification is underway on both sides. Under this, both the troops are checking whether they have gone back to the positions as per the agreement at the LAC, sources in the Indian Army said...