India and China agree on patrolling arrangement along disputed Ladakh border

21/10/2024 19:09

        India and China have arrived on a patrolling arrangement along their disputed frontier in the Himalayas and it can lead to disengagement and resolution of a conflict that began in 2020, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday.
        
        News of the pact comes on the eve of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia for the BRICS summit where he could hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines.
        
        Ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours have been strained since clashes between their troops on the largely undemarcated frontier left 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers dead in 2020.
        
        Misri, the top diplomat in the foreign ministry, said diplomatic and military negotiators of the two countries had held several rounds of talks over the past few weeks.