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Indian defence officials said on Friday (Oct 25) that the disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops started at two friction points in Demchok and Depsang Plains in the Eastern Ladakh sector.

Speaking to the news agency ANI, the officials said that as per the agreement between the two countries, the Indian troops started pulling back equipment to rear locations in the respective areas.

Demchok and Despang are the last two friction points of the 2020 standoff (between India and China) along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

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'Border consensus has been achieved'

The above development came after Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that border consensus had been achieved to restore the ground situation based on the principles of equal and mutual security between India and China along the LAC.

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Addressing the Chanakya Defence Dialogue, Defence Minister Singh said New Delhi and Beijing had been involved in talks both at diplomatic and military levels to resolve their differences in certain areas along the LAC.

"The consensus achieved includes patrolling and grazing in the traditional areas. This is the power of engaging in continuous dialogue because sooner or later solutions will emerge," Singh said.

India, China reach agreement on patrolling along LAC

On Monday, India and China reached an agreement on patrolling along the LAC. 

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"...As a result of the discussions that have taken place over the last several weeks, an agreement has been arrived at, on patrolling arrangements along the line of actual control in the India-China border area, and this is leading to dis-engagement and eventually a resolution of the issues that had arisen in these areas in 2020," Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday.

(With inputs from agencies)