Chinese and Indian military commanders have pledged to “maintain the peace and tranquility” along their disputed border in an apparent effort to stabilize the situation following a rise in tensions.
separates Chinese and Indian-held territories from Ladakh in the west to India’s eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims in its entirety. India and China fought a war over their border in 1962. As its name suggests, it divides the areas of physical control rather than territorial claims.
In all, China claims some 90,000 square kilometers of territory in India’s northeast, including Arunachal Pradesh with its mainly Buddhist population. China, in the meantime, began cementing relations with India’s archrival Pakistan and backing it on the issue of disputed Kashmir. Both India and China have withdrawn troops from some areas on the northern and southern banks of Pangong Tso, Gogra and Galwan Valley, but continue to maintain extra troops as part of a multitier deployment.between the countries by violating bilateral agreements, during talks with his Chinese counterpart Gen. Li Shangfu.
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