India-China armies withdrew from Gogra-Hotsprings: Consensus was reached in the 16th Corps Commander meeting, the standoff escalated after the clash in 2020

The armies of India and China have retreated from the tense area in eastern Ladakh. Officials of both countries said that the Indian and Chinese armies have returned from patrol post-15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings area. The current situation has also been reviewed by both the countries. A day before this i.e. on Monday, Indian Army Chief Manoj Pandey had said that the withdrawal of troops from patrol post-15 is yet to be reviewed. The process started after discussions between the two sides during the 16th round of Corps Commander level on 8 September. During this time both the countries had agreed on the withdrawal of forces from the Gogra-Hotsprings area. Simultaneously, efforts are on to resolve the deadlock in Demchok and Depsang areas, but no progress is being seen so far.

Big step before Shanghai Cooperation Organization
This is a good step for peace on the border. This was agreed upon in the high-level military talks between the armies of both the countries on 17 July. The announcement comes a week after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s annual summit in Uzbekistan. It will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Indo-China troops have been deployed opposite each other near Patrolling Point 15 since the standoff between the armies of the two countries escalated in May 2020. India and China have also withdrawn troops from both sides of Pangong Tso Lake.

Violent clashes took place in Galwan on the night of 15 June 2020
On this day there was pressure on our ground troops in Galwan, there was pressure on China too. The Chinese army was sitting on that site, so the Indian army asked them to return. Although they agreed, but the dispute started with Chinese action. China set up two tents, which were like observation posts. Chinese soldiers argued that if we go back then we will not be able to keep an eye on your activities.

40 Chinese soldiers killed
The Indian Army protested against this and the skirmish started. Chinese soldiers were armed with weapons and the Indian Army had reached there under old practice. In this, 20 Indian soldiers were martyred. More than 40 Chinese soldiers were killed. However, China did not accept it. After this clash, talks took place between the two sides around 30 June and China withdrew one kilometer from there. India was back on its post.