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NSA Ajit Doval, who was on a visit to China, met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday. During the meeting between the two, several issues including maintaining peace and stability along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and restoring bilateral relations which were stalled for more than four years were discussed.
The meeting between the two started at 8 am Indian time. After the meeting, China said that it is ready to implement the agreements made with India. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said China is ready to resolve differences honestly.
Doval had come to attend the 23rd special representative level meeting between India and China. The Indian delegation was also present along with Doval. An agreement was reached between India and China in October this year to resolve the border dispute. For this, both the countries had made Ajit Doval and Wang Yi as special representatives.
This is the first time since 2019 that a senior Indian official is visiting China. Earlier in 2019, Foreign Minister Jaishankar had visited Beijing.
The picture is of bilateral talks between India and China on 23 October 2024.
India and China held 38 meetings in 2 years
There was tension between India and China over the border dispute in eastern Ladakh for four years. After two years of negotiations, an agreement was reached on 21 October that both armies would withdraw from the disputed points Depsang and Demchok. After this, from October 25, the armies of both the countries started withdrawing from the disputed points.
On the agreement between India and China regarding patrolling on LAC, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said on October 27 that withdrawal of troops is the first step. The next step is to reduce stress. To reduce tension, 38 meetings were held between the two countries in 2 years.
According to the agreement, both the armies have returned to their previous status from April 2020. Armies are now patrolling the same areas where they used to patrol before April 2020. Apart from this, the commander level meeting is still going on.
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No decision yet on patrolling Galwan Valley-Gogra Hot Springs In the agreement, there was agreement regarding 4 points under Depsang in Ladakh, but nothing has been said about patrolling in Galwan Valley and Gogra Hot Springs of Demchok.
Depsang: According to the Indian Army, soldiers will now be able to go to patrolling points 10, 11, 11-A, 12 and 13 in Depsang for patrolling.
Demchok: Patrolling Point-14 i.e. Galwan Valley, Gogra Hot Springs i.e. PP-15 and PP-17 are buffer zones. Buffer zone means an area where both the armies cannot come face to face with each other. These zones separate the opposing forces.
20 Indian soldiers were martyred in the clash in Galwan on 15 June 2020.
On June 15, 2020, China had deployed troops in the border areas of Eastern Ladakh on the pretext of exercise. After this, incidents of infiltration took place at many places.
The Indian government had also deployed equal number of troops as China in this area. The situation became so bad that bullets were fired on the LAC.
Meanwhile, on June 15, 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in a clash with the Chinese army in Galwan Valley. Later India also gave a befitting reply to this. About 60 Chinese soldiers were killed in this.
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