‘Back to 2020 situation’: Why China border deal is huge victory for India

India / October 23, 2024

‘Back to 2020 situation’: Why China border deal is huge victory for India

India-China border latest news: China had maintained a dogged stance of not agreeing to India’s status quo demand for four years, making the victory sweeter – not only diplomatically but militarily as well.

India and China reached an agreement to resume patrolling along LAC
Will facilitate patrolling up to old patrolling points in Depsang, Demchok
Deal likely to pave the way for improved political and trade ties

India has pulled off the seemingly difficult task of getting a stubborn China to return to the patrolling agreements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh that were in place before the Galwan clashes in April 2020. Given that China had maintained a dogged stance of not agreeing to India’s status quo demand for four years makes the victory sweeter — not only diplomatically but militarily as well.