New Delhi: China confirmed on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with India to end the standoff between the two armies in the east. Ladakh. The statement came after New Delhi announced an agreement for military patrols along the route. line of actual control (Latin America).
Lin Jian, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular press conference, “We have reached a resolution on relevant issues and will work with India to implement solutions. We are maintaining close communication through diplomatic and military channels.”
At present, the two sides have reached a solution to relevant issues, and China actively agrees with this. In the next stage, we will work with India to properly implement the resolution.
India issued a similar statement on Monday, with senior foreign ministry official Vikram Misri declaring that “an agreement has been reached on patrol arrangements along the Line of Actual Control.”
The two neighbors have a long-running dispute over their 3,500-kilometer border. Tensions escalated after a border clash in 2020 left at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers dead.
Earlier today, Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi said that restoring trust along the LAC will be a gradual process to return to the status quo of April 2020. “We are working hard to rebuild trust, and restoring that trust will take time,” he said, stressing that steps such as disengagement, de-escalation and buffer zone management were crucial to easing tensions between the two countries.
He further explained that the process would be carried out in stages, with each step aimed at easing tensions. “Normal management of the LAC will not stop there. There are several stages,” COAS said.
