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India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will soon visit China. According to media reports, Doval’s visit will take place on December 18. During this, he will discuss with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on resolving issues related to the border dispute.
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.
On October 23, during the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This was the first bilateral conversation between Modi and Jinping after the Galwan clash between India and China in 2020.
This is the first time after 2019 that a senior Indian official or leader will visit China. Earlier, Foreign Minister Jaishankar had visited China in August 2019.
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 the 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 Galvan 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 in 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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