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#Thread #LadakhStandoff China announced that frontline troops from India and China had begun disengaging in a “synchronised and organised” manner from the north & south banks of #Pangong Tso which an official source in Delhi said is 1st step in long disengagement n de-escalation

#LadakhStandoff This restarts the stalled process of disengagement in the most protracted military standoffs between India and China in decades which has resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese casualties at Galwan on June 15 last year

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will make a statement in Rajya Sabha on Thursday #LadakhStandoff

https://twitter.com/DefenceMinIndia/status/1359520318084108288

#LadakhStandoff This is the first phase of disengagement with some tanks and armoured elements on the South bank of #Pangong being withdrawn as well as thinning down of troops on the North bank, an Indian Government source said. However, troops continue to remain in key positions

It will be a multi-step process for disengagement and de-escalation along the Line of Actual Control #LAC and will take time, say officials #LadakhStandoff

#LadakhStandoff Officials say verification after each step would be key for disengagement process to go forward. While aerial monitoring using UAVs would be done, on the ground verification at each step will also be done to ensure that the Chinese fully honour the understanding