India has reached on an agreement with China on border patrolling , says Foreign Secretary

News Mania / Piyal Chatterjee / 21st October 2024

Following recent talks between officials from both nations, India and China have agreed on patrolling procedures along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri revealed. Misri said, “We have reached an agreement with China on the issues being discussed.”

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri added that this development is expected to lead to eventual disengagement at the border.

“As a result of the discussions that have taken place over the last several weeks an agreement has been arrived at on patroling arrangements along the line of actual control in the India-China border area and this is leading to dis-engagement and eventually a resolution of the issues that had arisen in these areas in 2020,” Misri said.

In order to settle the outstanding border disputes, the Indian and Chinese negotiators have been in communication for the past few weeks, according to the foreign secretary. According to reports, the agreement relates to patrolling plans in the Demchok and Depsang regions.Since a conflict at the eastern Ladakh border in 2020 that claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese PLA members, relations between the two neighbors have been sour.

Just one day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned trip to Kazan, Russia, for the BRICS Summit, this breakthrough was made public.There has been no official confirmation, but there are rumors that PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping would meet one-on-one during the conference.

BRICS Summit in Kazan, with the subject ‘Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security,’ will give leaders a forum to talk about important world concerns. The Ministry of External Affairs claims that the summit provides a chance to assess the status of BRICS projects and look into potential new areas of collaboration.

During the visit, Prime Minister Modi is anticipated to meet bilaterally with leaders of the BRICS countries as well as other invited guests in Kazan, Russia. Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates have joined the alliance, which was first made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.