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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled in a few days across the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is required to concentrate on the critical Finger Area as well as 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 on the condition on anonymity.

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

The army has observed some thinning of PLA removal, troops and vehicles of structures from a key spur in the Finger Area near Pangong Tso over the last 48 hours, but it can’t be seen as disengagement, he said.

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The Finger Area will be at the centre with the next round of military discussions between the corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently about the Indian agenda, said an extra official.

“Disengagement at Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra looked doable from the beginning. The Finger Area is when negotiations could drag out as Chinese troops have dug of their heels in Finger 4. Obtaining the PLA to retreat in the Depsang sector is every bit critical through the Indian perspective,” he explained.

The Finger Area, which is the term for a couple of eight cliffs jutting out of the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, continues to be biggest make sure challenging part of the disengagement process, as reported by HT on Thursday.

Before the PLA grabbed positions on Finger 4 overlooking Indian deployments, the army would patrol right up to Finger 8 that New Delhi considers within Indian territory. The new positions held through the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 8 and 4 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line with this sector also includes Finger 8, as the Chinese claim is about Finger 4 .

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The army is keeping a rigid vigil down the contested border from the Depsang sector in which the PLA’s forward presence is really a couple of serious concern where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers a number of patrolling routes, such as the ones resulting in PPs-10, 11, 12, 13 and 11A.

“With disengagement successfully completed in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders can get down to the greater challenging discussions round the Finger Area and Depsang plains,” said former Northern Army commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retd).

The Indian focus should not be entirely on disengagement but on restoration of established order ante (the situation since it existed during the early April) in these two important areas, Hooda said.

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