<p>India and China have “just commenced” pulling back troops from the scenes of the face-offs along the disputed boundary between the two nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.</p>.<p>“What just happened is that we have agreed on the need to disengage because the troops on both sides are deployed very close to each other. So, there is a disengagement and de-escalation process which has been agreed upon,” he said, during an online interaction session at the “India Global Week” – an event held by the India Inc. Group. </p>.<p>“It (the process of disengagement of troops) has just commenced. It is very much a work in progress,” said minister, apparently indicating that the two sides would take time to completely resolve the eight-week-long stand-off between the Indian Army and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).</p>.<p>His comment came a day after the senior diplomats of India and China had a video conference to review the progress of “disengagement” of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.</p>.<p>The “disengagement” started after the Senior Commanders of the Indian Army and the Chinese PLA had agreed upon it after three rounds of meetings on June 6, 22 and 30. A two-hour-long phone-call between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi – the Special Representatives of the two governments for boundary negotiation and strategic consultations – on July 5 added momentum to the process.</p>
<p>India and China have “just commenced” pulling back troops from the scenes of the face-offs along the disputed boundary between the two nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.</p>.<p>“What just happened is that we have agreed on the need to disengage because the troops on both sides are deployed very close to each other. So, there is a disengagement and de-escalation process which has been agreed upon,” he said, during an online interaction session at the “India Global Week” – an event held by the India Inc. Group. </p>.<p>“It (the process of disengagement of troops) has just commenced. It is very much a work in progress,” said minister, apparently indicating that the two sides would take time to completely resolve the eight-week-long stand-off between the Indian Army and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).</p>.<p>His comment came a day after the senior diplomats of India and China had a video conference to review the progress of “disengagement” of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.</p>.<p>The “disengagement” started after the Senior Commanders of the Indian Army and the Chinese PLA had agreed upon it after three rounds of meetings on June 6, 22 and 30. A two-hour-long phone-call between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi – the Special Representatives of the two governments for boundary negotiation and strategic consultations – on July 5 added momentum to the process.</p>
