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The Indian Army said this is yet another positive step towards maintaining peace and tranquility on the Line of Actual Control since the Galwan Valley clash four years ago
India and China recently completed the disengagement process in eastern Ladakh ending a four-year standoff. (Image: PTI/File)
The Indian Army on Monday conducted a successful patrol in eastern Ladakh’s Depsang, days after the disengagement process with the Chinese military was completed on the Line of Actual Control.
According to an official statement, following the consensus reached between the Indian and Chinese sides for disengagement and resumption of patrolling in Depsang and Demchok, the Indian Army successfully led a patrol to one of the patrolling points in Depsang. This is yet another positive step towards maintaining peace and tranquility on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), said the army.
On November 2 (Saturday), the ministry of external affairs (MEA) confirmed that verification patrolling has commenced on mutually agreed terms along the Indo-China border in Demchok and Depsang. Both the sides had drawn up a border patrolling pact to disengage from the two remaining friction points.
Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in his weekly press briefing said, “On October 21, 2024, the last phase of disengagement was agreed upon between India and China. As a result, verification patrolling has commenced on mutually agreed terms in Demchok and Depsang. We will keep you updated.”
On November 1, the army said “coordinated patrolling” had started in the Demchok area and will soon commence in the Depsang plains. Jaiswal further said “relevant dialogue mechanisms at the level of foreign ministers and other officials will be used to stabilise and rebuild bilateral relations”.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had earlier said the foreign ministers and national security advisers (NSA) of India and China will also meet to decide on the fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution to the border issue.
During a meeting in Russia’s Kazan on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit on October 23, two days after the central government’s announcement of the border patrolling pact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping had welcomed the agreement between their countries on patrolling along the LAC as part of a process they hoped will eventually lead to disengagement and de-escalation.
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