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Disengagement process at Pangong Tso to be complete by Friday
[OneIndia] The disengagement at Pangong Tso by the armies of India and China will be completed by Friday. The disengagement is taking place as per schedule, sources have told OneIndia.There is rapid movement of Chinese heavy vehicles beyond Finger 8, satellite images have shown. While armoured elements like battle tanks and armoured personnel carriers are being withdrawn from friction points in the south bank of Pangong Tso, troops are being pulled back from the north bank areas, sources said. The sources said withdrawal of armoured elements from the south bank of Pangong Tso is almost complete and temporary structures erected by both sides will be demolished in the next few days. "The disengagement process will take time as both sides are together carrying out verification of the withdrawal of troops and military hardware," said a source. The disengagement of troops and armoured elements is limited to the friction points where the two sides were on an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, sources said. After a nine-month standoff, the two militaries reached the agreement on disengagement in the north and south banks of Pangong lake that mandates both sides to cease forward deployment of troops in a "phased, coordinated and verifiable" manner. Related: Pangong Tso: 2021-02-12 Disengagement in Eastern Ladakh explained Pangong Tso: 2020-06-23 IAF airlifts dozens of tanks to Ladakh to beef up firepower, MiG-29s and Apache helicopters deployed at Leh airbase Pangong Tso: 2020-05-10 Indian, Chinese troops clash in Ladakh, Sikkim; several injured Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-14 |
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