The ice that has been frozen in India-China relations for the past four years is now beginning to melt. The standoff that started between the two countries after the Galwan clash has now ended. The effects of the disengagement agreement reached between the two countries on the India-China border in eastern Ladakh are now showing.
According to reports, the militaries of the two countries have completed 80% to 90% of the work in the proposed agreement, and it is expected that by October 29, the two countries will reach the 2020 status. Under the agreement, the two countries agreed to demolish permanent and temporary structures. China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the two countries’ troops deployed on the border were working in accordance with the agreement.
what is the agreement
On the 21st of this month, the two countries agreed to restore the actual control line to the situation in 2020. With this agreement, the four-year standoff between the two countries that has lasted since the Galwan conflict in 2020 has ended.
Presenting the agreement between India and China, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that it was mentioned in the agreement that both countries can use these lands if they wish. The two countries have held multiple rounds of military meetings to resolve the issue.
Modi-Jinping meeting
Recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the BRICS meeting. Both leaders stressed the need to resolve the issue through dialogue and said it needed to be resolved as soon as possible.
After the meeting between the leaders of the two countries, it is expected that relations between the two countries will normalize. Giving more details about the meeting, the Foreign Secretary told the media that Prime Minister Modi emphasized on diplomatic and peaceful resolution of the border agreement between the two countries.
what controversy happened
The confrontation between India and China began in 2020, when the armies of the two countries clashed in the Galwan Valley, resulting in the death of 20 Indian soldiers. China has so far not disclosed information about the casualties of its soldiers.
India claimed that the conflict occurred after Chinese soldiers crossed the Line of Actual Control and entered Indian territory. But China denies this. Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since the Galwan incident.
