India and China have initiated the implementation of an agreement aimed at resolving a military standoff on their disputed Himalayan border, marking a significant step towards easing tensions between the two Asian giants. The standoff, which had seen troops stationed at two points on the frontier in India's Ladakh region in the western Himalayas, has begun to de-escalate as troops have started pulling back.
The process of troop withdrawal commenced on Wednesday and is expected to be completed by the end of the month, as confirmed by a senior Indian army official. This development follows a recent deal between the two nations on patrolling the frontier, which paved the way for the first formal talks between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in five years, held on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia.
