India, China withdraw from Gogra area in Eastern Ladakh
The Hindu
This is second friction area from which disengagement has been done after Pangong Tso in Feb.
India and China have undertaken following an agreement at the the Army said on Friday. This is the has been done after as part of efforts of withdrawal and de-escalation along the . “As per the agreement, both sides have ceased forward deployments in this area in a phased, coordinated and verified manner. The disengagement process was carried out over two days, August 04 and 05. The troops of both sides are now in their respective permanent bases,” the Army said in a statement.
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