Troops of India, China engaged in "relevant work" as per resolutions: Chinese Fo

The frontier troops of both India and China are engaged in relevant work in accordance with the agreement reached between the two nations on issues concerning the border the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday Addressing a press briefing on Friday Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated that the work is underway smoothlyBeing asked whether India and China have started pulling back their troops from friction points Li Jian said In accordance with the resolutions that China and India reached recently on issues concerning the border area the Chinese and Indian frontier troops are engaged in relevant work which is going smoothly at the momentIn accordance with the resolutions that China and India reached on issues concerning the border area the two sidesrsquo frontier troops are engaged in relevant work which is going smoothly pictwittercomquzlEs6Uh1mdash Spokesperson MFA_China October 25 2024Earlier Indian defence officials had said that the disengagement of troops of India and China has started at two friction points in Demchok and Depsang Plains in the Eastern Ladakh sector As per the agreements between the two sides the Indian troops have started pulling back equipment to rear locations in the respective areas they saidOn October 21 India announced that it reached an agreement with China on patrolling along the Line of Actual Control LAC in eastern Ladakh ending the over fouryearlong military standoff Speaking at an event in New Delhi on October 24 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the two countries had reached a consensus to restore the ground situation based on the principles of equal and mutual securityHe added that this includes restoration of patrolling and grazing to traditional areas Singh attributed the progress in ties to the power of engaging in continuous dialogue because sooner or later solutions will emerge India and China have been involved in talks both at diplomatic and military levels to resolve their differences in certain areas along the LAC A broad consensus has been achieved to restore ground situation based on the principles of equal and mutual security he said delivering the keynote address at the second Chanakya Defence DialogueOn Wednesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Russia and welcomed the agreement reached between the two countries on patrolling arrangements along the LAC in eastern Ladakh The meeting between the two leaders came days after the Ministry of External Affairs MEA announced that an agreement had been reached between the two nations regarding patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control LAC in the IndiaChina border areasThe border standoff between India and China began in eastern Ladakh along the LAC in 2020 sparked by Chinese military actions This incident led to prolonged tensions between the two nations significantly straining their relations Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri addressing a media briefing on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan said that during the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President Xi Jinping the two leaders welcomed the agreement reached between the two sides through sustained dialogue over the last several weeks in diplomatic as well as military channelsPM Modi underscored the importance of not allowing differences on boundaryrelated matters to disturb peace and tranquillity on our borders The two leaders noted that the special representatives on the IndiaChina boundary question have a critical role to play in the resolution of the boundary question and for the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border areas the Foreign Secretary said Misri said the two leaders also reviewed the state of bilateral relations from a strategic and longterm perspectiveThe restoration of peace and tranquillity in the border areas will create space for returning us towards the path of normalization of our bilateral relations Officials will now take the next steps to discuss enhancing strategic communication and stabilizing bilateral relations by utilizing the relevant official bilateral dialogue mechanisms including at the level of our respective foreign ministers Misri saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever