According to Nikkei Asia, India and China reached an agreement on Monday, October 21, on arrangements for patrolling the disputed border in the Himalayas, a breakthrough in talks aimed at solving a four-year deadlock.
The announcement of the agreement by the Indian side on Monday preceded the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kazan, Russia, where he participates in the 16th BRICS Summit. Local media speculate that the Prime Minister and president of China Xi Jinping can hold a bilateral gathering at the margins of the conference.
"Over the past fewer weeks, Indian and Chinese diplomatic and military negotiators have been in close contact with each another in various forums," said Indian abroad Minister Vikram Misri during media briefing.
"As a consequence of these discussions, agreement was reached on the arrangements for patrolling along the line of actual control in the border areas of India and China, which led to the withdrawal and resolution of issues that arose in these areas in 2020," he said.
The Indian Express, a local newspaper, reported at the end of last period that India and China had made considerable advancement in solving the issue of the Real Control Line moving in East Ladakh. It was found that access points previously blocked by Chinese troops could now be made available to the Indian website.
The Actual Control Line (LFK) is in the context of a Chinese-Indian border dispute a contractual demarcation line separating the territory controlled by India from the territory controlled by China.
The LFK is simply a 3,500 km informal (unconfirmed by treaties) border between the 2 countries. It was here, in the Galwan Valley in the east Ladakh region, in June 2020, that there were bloody clashes between the soldiers of both states, resulting in the death of 20 Indian and 4 Chinese soldiers. This incidental was the first fatal confrontation between 2 nations in 45 years. Since then, relations between China and India have remained tense.
Whether Xi and Modi meet in Kazan will turn out at the BRICS summit itself, which is presently taking place in this Russian city. On Monday, neither organization confirmed specified a meeting.
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