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India and China move most troops away from disputed Himalayan border region
Indian army vehicles move in a convoy in the cold desert region of Ladakh, India, September 18, 2022

INDIA and China have moved most front-line troops further from disputed sections of their common border in the northern Himalayas, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

He spoke some 10 days after the two countries reached a new pact on military patrols that aims to end a four-year stand-off that has strained relations between Beijing and New Delhi.

Mr Singh said the “process of disengagement” of Indian and Chinese troops near the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh is “almost complete.”

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