- External Affairs Minister recently stated that 75% of disengagement between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh has been completed.
- Demchok and Depsang, remain unresolved with no progress in the past two years.
- Depsang plains are located near the strategically vital Karakoram Pass, a critical route for military and logistical operations.
- For access to the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) sector Depasang Plains is critical.
- The Depsang Plains has been a site of notable standoffs occurring in 2013 and 2020 continuing till today.(Demchok covered in August Current Affairs Magazine)
- Optimism about further disengagement has resurfaced ahead of the BRICS Summit in October.
- Since 2020, disengagement has taken place at Galwan, the North and South Banks of Pangong Tso, and Patrolling Points 17 and 15 in the Gogra-Hot Springs area.
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