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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled in the future across the contested Distinctive line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is required to pay attention to the critical Finger Area and the strategic Depsang plains, using a complex disengagement procedure that began after previous military talks on June 30 progressing smoothly in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, two officials familiar with the developments said on Thursday, speaking for the condition on anonymity.

As the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) pulled back 2km from Patrolling Point 14 (Galwan Valley) and PP-15 (Hot Springs) the 2009 week, an identical retreat was completed at PP-17 (Gogra) on Thursday, said among the officials cited above. The Indian Army, too, has pulled back proportionately during these friction areas.

The army has observed some thinning of PLA troops, removal and vehicles of structures from a key spur in the Finger Area near Pangong Tso over the last 48 hours, but it can’t be seen as disengagement, he said.

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The Finger Area will be in the middle of the next round of military discussions involving the corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently on the Indian agenda, said another official.

“Disengagement at Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra looked doable from the beginning. The Finger Area is when negotiations could drag out as Chinese troops have dug of their heels in Finger 4. Receiving the PLA to retreat within the Depsang sector is equally critical from your Indian perspective,” he stated.

The Finger Area, which identifies a couple of eight cliffs jutting out of your Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, remains to be the biggest test and most challenging part of the disengagement process, reported by HT on Thursday.

The army would patrol right up to Finger 8 that New Delhi considers within Indian territory, before the PLA grabbed positions on Finger 4 overlooking Indian deployments. The new positions held with the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 4 and 8 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line on this sector extends to Finger 8, even though the Chinese claim is up to Finger 4 .

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The army is keeping a rigid vigil along the contested border within the Depsang sector in which the PLA’s forward presence can be a couple of serious concern where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers to many patrolling routes, like the ones leading to PPs-10, 12, 11A, 13 and 11.

“With disengagement successfully completed in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders will get down to the harder challenging discussions across the Finger Area and Depsang plains,” said former Northern Army commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retd).

The Indian focus really should not be seen on disengagement but on restoration of established order ante (your situation mainly because it existed in early April) in these two important areas, Hooda said.

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Thursday, 9 July 2020

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