Military forces on guard duty on the highway leading to Ladakh in northern India. [로이터 = 연합뉴스]India and China, which have been in sharp conflict over border issues, have agreed to withdraw their military forces from the disputed areas by the 12th.
According to major foreign media on the 9th, the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on the same day that the two countries had begun withdrawing troops from the disputed area for more than two years and would complete the withdrawal by the 12th. “All temporary structures installed by the armed forces of both countries will also be dismantled,” he added.
India and China even fought a war over border issues in 1962, but the borders are still undecided. As a result, relations between the two countries deteriorated due to a series of clashes such as a brawl at Pangong Lake in May 2020, a ‘clash of sticks’ in the Galwan Valley in June, and the use of firearms in the Ladakh region in September.
Meanwhile, the two countries agreed to a mutual withdrawal of the armed forces as they agreed to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, which will begin on the 15th. SCO was launched in 2001 led by China and Russia, and is a political, economic and security consultative body with eight member countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, and Pakistan.
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