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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled next week along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is expected to concentrate on the critical Finger Area as well as the strategic Depsang plains, using a complex disengagement method that began after previous military talks on June 30 progressing smoothly in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, two officials informed about the developments said on Thursday, speaking on 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) earlier this week, much the same retreat was completed at PP-17 (Gogra) on Thursday, said one of many officials cited above. The Indian Army, too, has pulled back proportionately in these friction areas.

The army has observed some thinning of PLA removal, vehicles and troops 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 at the centre in the next round of military discussions between your corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently around the Indian agenda, said an extra 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. Getting the PLA to retreat within the Depsang sector is equally critical from the Indian perspective,” he explained.

The Finger Area, which describes a collection of eight cliffs jutting out from the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, continues to be the biggest make certain you hardest part of the disengagement process, reported by HT on Thursday.

Before the PLA grabbed positions on Finger 4 overlooking Indian deployments, the army would patrol right up to Finger 8 that New Delhi considers within Indian territory. The brand new positions held by the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 8 and 4 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line in this sector also includes Finger 8, while the Chinese claim is about Finger 4 .

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The army is keeping a rigid vigil along the contested border from the Depsang sector the place that the PLA’s forward presence is a a few serious concern and where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers to a few patrolling routes, like the ones resulting in PPs-10, 12, 13, 11 and 11A.

“With disengagement successfully finished in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders can conclude the more challenging discussions round the Finger Area and Depsang plains,” said former Northern Army commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retd).

The Indian focus really should not be entirely on disengagement but on restoration of status quo ante (the specific situation as it existed in early April) in these two important areas, Hooda said.

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