The 20-day “stand-off” between Indian and Chinese troops in Eastern Ladakh has ended. The External Affairs Ministry announced on Tuesday that both sides “carried out disengagement and redeployment of border troops” on September 26 and 27. The statement said that status quo — as on September 1 — had been re-established.
The border commanders met on Tuesday at the Spanggur Gap to confirm that the stand-off had been terminated.
“The two sides have also agreed that a meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) will be convened in India on October 16-17 to discuss various issues pertaining to the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border areas,” the statement said.
On September 10, China’s People’s Liberation Army reportedly moved around 500 soldiers to Chumar village on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control, 300 km south-east of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir. Chinese nomads called Rebos pitched tents 500 metres into India in Demchok.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to India in September.
