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India and China 'pull back troops' in disputed border area | India and China 'pull back troops' in disputed border area |
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India and China have started pulling back troops from disputed territory near the two countries' de facto border, India's foreign ministry says. | |
Soldiers were said to have set up camps facing each other on the ill-defined frontier in Ladakh region last month. | Soldiers were said to have set up camps facing each other on the ill-defined frontier in Ladakh region last month. |
The two sides held a series of talks to resolve the row and on Sunday, agreed to withdraw the troops. | |
The two countries dispute several Himalayan border areas and fought a brief war in 1962. | The two countries dispute several Himalayan border areas and fought a brief war in 1962. |
Tensions flare up from time to time. They have held numerous rounds of border talks, but all have been unsuccessful so far. | Tensions flare up from time to time. They have held numerous rounds of border talks, but all have been unsuccessful so far. |
A spokesperson for India's foreign ministry, Syed Akbaruddin, told the BBC that India and China had agreed to pull their troops back to positions they held prior to the current stand-off, which began last month. | |
Meetings between border commanders were being held to confirm the arrangement, he added. | |
Indian officials had accused Chinese troops of straying 10km (six miles) into Indian territory on 15 April and putting up tents in the Depsang valley in Ladakh, in eastern Kashmir. | |
China had denied reports of an incursion. | |
The pull-out comes days ahead of Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid's visit to China, ahead of a scheduled visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to India. | |
Mr Khurshid is visiting China on 9 May, ahead of Mr Li's visit on 20 May for his first overseas trip. | Mr Khurshid is visiting China on 9 May, ahead of Mr Li's visit on 20 May for his first overseas trip. |
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