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India, china dis-engage on

ladakh border as theater of

tension shifts to south china sea

China has announced that it will hold a 5-day military exercise from Friday

in the South China Sea as tensions escalate in the region

Our Bureau
Leh/New Delhi

n a step towards defusing
tensions at the Line of Actu-
Ial Control (LAC), India and
China have disengaged troops
from the Gogra heights area
and moved them back to their
permanent bases.
“The troops in this area
have been in a face-off situation
since May last year. One step
at a time towards standoff res-
olution. As per the agreement
reached during corpus com-
mander talks, both sides have
ceased forward deployments in
PP-17 in a phased, coordinated
and verified manner,” an Army
spokesperson said. The disen-
gagement process was carried
out over two days on August 4
and 5 and troops of both sides
are now in their respective per-
manent bases. Indian Army personnel holding Swarnim Vijay Victory Flame reach the frozen frontiers of Siachen Glacier com-
The spokesperson said that memorating 50 Years of Indian Armed Forces' victory over Pakistan in the 1971 Indo-Pak War on Tuesday. (ANI)
all temporary structures and
other allied infrastructure cre- the talks forward and resolve region. na Sea, and the Western Pacific.
ated in the area by both sides the remaining issues along the Meanwhile in Beijing, China The Indian ships are set to
have been dismantled and mu- LAC in the Western Sector,” has announced that it will hold a participate in the next edition
tually verified. The landform in the spokesperson said. 5-day military exercise from Fri- of the Malabar exercise of the
the area has been restored by The spokesperson said the day in the South China Sea as Quad (India, Japan, Australia,
both sides to the pre-stand off Indian Army along with ITBP is tensions escalate in the region. and the United States) and will
period. totally committed to ensure the The exercise, which will include also be included in bilateral ex-
This agreement ensures that sovereignty of the country and setting up a vast navigation re- ercises with Vietnam, the Phil-
the LAC in this area will be maintain peace and tranquillity striction zone, comes as the US ippines, Singapore, Indonesia,
strictly observed and respected along the LAC in the Western and other countries in the re- and Australia.
by both sides and that there is Sector. gion are building pressure on According to Chinese state
no unilateral change in the sta- In the 12th round of mili- Beijing by holding large-scale media Global Times, the Chi-
tus quo. tary talks, India and China had military drills. The announce- nese military exercise will serve
“With this, one more sen- agreed to disengage troops from ment comes just days after India as a response to the recent prov-
sitive area of face-off has been patrolling point 17A, one of the announced that it will deploy a ocations, demonstrating that
resolved. Both sides have ex- friction points between the two task force of four warships to China has “hunting rifles ready
pressed commitment to take countries in the eastern Ladakh South East Asia, the South Chi- Continued on next page... >>

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