Nov 11, 2020, 03:34:13 PM | TOI.in
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LAC row: India, China agree on three-step disengagement plan

In a major development, the ongoing India-China border conflict may be resolved soon as the armies of the two countries have agreed to disengage from parts of the Eastern Ladakh sector under which they would be moving back to their respective positions before April-May timeframe earlier this year. The disengagement plan was discussed between the two sides during the 8th Corps Commander-level talks which were held on November 6 in Chushul. As per the disengagement plan which will be carried out in three steps over the next week, the armoured vehicles including tanks and personnel carriers were to be moved back from their frontline deployment to a significant distance from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) by both sides. In the second step to be carried out near the northern bank on the Pangong Lake, both sides were supposed to withdraw around 30 per cent of troops every day for three days. In the third and last step, the two sides were to withdraw from their respective positions from the frontline along the southern bank of Pangong Lake area which includes the heights and territories around Chushul and Rezang La area.

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