India and China reach agreement to resolve border issues

(CLO) India and China have reached an agreement to patrol along their disputed border in the Himalayas, a move that could lead to a troop disengagement and a resolution to the conflict that began in 2020.

Chinese and Indian diplomatic and military negotiators have held several rounds of talks in the past few weeks, Indian Foreign Minister Vikram Misri said on October 21.

He said the talks had resulted in an agreement on “patrol measures along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China border areas, leading to disengagement and resolution of issues arising in these areas by 2020”.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers at a checkpoint along a highway in Kashmir's Ganderbal district in 2020. Photo: Reuters

Relations between neighbors China and India have been strained since 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese soldiers were killed in clashes between the two countries' troops on the poorly demarcated border in 2020.

Over the past four years, slow progress in diplomatic and military talks to end the standoff has damaged business ties between the world’s two most populous nations, with New Delhi tightening scrutiny of investments by Chinese companies and halting major projects.

Earlier this month, Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi said New Delhi wanted to restore the situation on the western Himalayan border to pre-April 2020 levels when tensions began.

Mr Dwivedi said the two sides had resolved the “easy stuff” and now needed to resolve the difficult situations, adding that there had been “positive signals” from the diplomatic side. Implementation on the ground depended on the military commanders of the two countries.

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