Opinion: 3 ‘Mutual’ From India, 1 ‘Mutual’ From China. Final India-China Border Settlement Still A Far Cry

Indian Army trucks line up at Nyoma, Ladakh, near the LAC.

Source : Nayanima Basu

In a surprising turn of events this week, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced that India and China have been able to arrive at some kind of a “patrolling arrangement” that will not only resolve the border crisis that started in 2020 but also address some of the outstanding issues, such as legacy disputes involving Demchok and Depsang. A series of announcements concerning the India-China détente were made in a span of 72 hours, back-to-back, by Foreign Secretary