India, China agree to redouble efforts for complete disengagement along border

Reuters

12 September 2024 at 11:19 am

An Indian army truck drives along India's Tezpur-Tawang highway, which runs to the Chinese border, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China agreed to redouble efforts to ensure complete disengagement on the contested Himalayan frontier, New Delhi said on Thursday after India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Russia.

"Both sides agreed to work with urgency and redouble their efforts to realize complete disengagement in the remaining areas," the Indian government said in a statement.

(Reporting by Tanvi Mehta; Editing by Susan Fenton)

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