India and China have agreed to a pact on military patrols along their disputed border in the Himalayas after a long-running standoff between the two countries that began in 2020, India’s foreign ministry said on Monday.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the pact is to lead to the “disengagement” of troops at the Line of Actual Control, the long Himalayan border shared by the two Asian giants. Misri did not specify whether it means the withdrawal of the tens of thousands of additional troops stationed by the two countries along their disputed border in northern Ladakh region after their armies clashed in 2020.
