The two nuclear powers China and India have begun withdrawing troops from other points on their disputed border in the Himalayas. This was the result of talks between military representatives of the two countries on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry in Delhi said. President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are also expected to meet at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Uzbekistan next week, local media reported. Relations between the world’s two most populous nations are strained. In the summer of two years ago, there was a deadly incident on their border, in which soldiers from both sides attacked each other with stones, sticks and fists. It was the worst incident in decades, with deaths on both sides. The two countries then strengthened their forces there. Meanwhile, talks have resulted in the withdrawal of certain troops. The two Asian rivals have differing views of the border in the mostly uninhabited mountains at 15,000 to 18,000 feet. Their dispute over the border led to a brief war in the 1960s, which China won.
China and India – Further withdrawal from Himalayan border – Politics
