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Ready to take conciliatory steps, must pull back troops, gear from LAC: China

September 12, 2020

NEW DELHI: After two hours of tough negotiations in Moscow late on Thursday, India and China came to a five point understanding to dial down tensions and agreed that the two sides should "quickly disengage" as the current situation on the border was not in the interests of either country.

The points were spelled out in a joint statement and while the test, so far as India is concerned, lies in Chinese troops pulling back on the ground, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi's comments in Moscow on Friday offer hope of forward movement.

We are ready to take conciliatory steps. The most important thing is to avoid new violations of the obligations on the border. Troops and equipment should be withdrawn from the line of actual control, Wang said during a press conference with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.