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Indian, Chinese troops pull back from western Himalayan area

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangir, northeast of Srinagar, India [File: Farooq Khan/EPA]

Indian and Chinese troops have begun disengaging from a key friction point in the western Himalayas, both sides have confirmed, two years after clashes at the frontier strained diplomatic ties.

The military disengagement from the Gogra-Hot Springs border area comes ahead of a meeting in Uzbekistan next week that China’s President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to attend.

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