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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 required to focus on the critical Finger Area along with the strategic Depsang plains, using a complex disengagement process 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 around the condition on anonymity.

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

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

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The Finger Area will be in the middle with the next round of military discussions between your corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently for the Indian agenda, said an additional official.

“Disengagement at Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra looked doable right from the start. The Finger Area is where negotiations could drag out as Chinese troops have dug in their heels in Finger 4. Receiving the PLA to retreat within the Depsang sector is every bit critical in the Indian perspective,” he was quoted saying.

The Finger Area, which describes a couple of eight cliffs jutting out from the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, continues to be the biggest ensure that you hardest part of the disengagement process, as stated 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 modern positions held through the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 8 and 4 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line on this sector reaches Finger 8, even though the Chinese claim can be Finger 4 .

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

“With disengagement successfully carried out Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders will now start greater challenging discussions round the Finger Area and Depsang plains,” said former Northern Army commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retd).

The Indian focus shouldn't be entirely on disengagement but on restoration of status quo ante (your situation because it existed at the begining of April) in these two important areas, Hooda said.

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Thursday 9 July 2020

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