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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled in a few days down the contested Distinctive line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is anticipated to pay attention to the critical Finger Area along with the strategic Depsang plains, with a complex disengagement process that began after previous military talks on June 30 progressing smoothly in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, two officials familiar with the developments said on Thursday, speaking around the condition on anonymity.

As the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) retracted 2km from Patrolling Point 14 (Galwan Valley) and PP-15 (Hot Springs) the 2009 week, the same retreat was completed at PP-17 (Gogra) on Thursday, said one of several officials cited above. The Indian Army, too, has retracted proportionately of these friction areas.

It can’t be seen as disengagement, he said, although the army has observed some thinning of PLA troops, removal and vehicles 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 likely be in the middle of the next round of military discussions involving the corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently about 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 when negotiations could drag out as Chinese troops have dug in their heels in Finger 4. Receiving the PLA to retreat from the Depsang sector is evenly critical through the Indian perspective,” he stated.

The Finger Area, which refers to a set of eight cliffs jutting from the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, continues to be biggest ensure that you most challenging part of the disengagement process, as reported 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 new positions held through the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 4 and 8 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line on this sector extends to Finger 8, even though the Chinese claim is about Finger 4 .

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The military is keeping a rigid vigil over the contested border within the Depsang sector in which the PLA’s forward presence can be a a few serious concern and where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers to several patrolling routes, such as the ones resulting in PPs-10, 12, 13, 11 and 11A.

“With disengagement successfully completed in 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 established order ante (the problem since it existed at the begining of April) in these two important areas, Hooda said.

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

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