India’s defense minister says India and China have pulled most of their frontline troops further away from their disputed border in the remote Himalayan Ladakh region

India and China have completed pulling back their troops from two face-off points on their disputed Himalayan frontier as planned, an Indian defence official said on Wednesday. The nuclear-armed neighbours reached a deal last week on patrolling the frontier in the Indian territory of Ladakh to end a four-year military stand-off,

This coordinated patrolling arrangement allows both sides to be aware of each other's patrol schedules, reducing the chances of accidental conflicts or misunderstandings in these sensitive areas.

India and China have moved most of their frontline troops further from their disputed border in a remote region in the northern Himalayas.

China and India have pulled back troops from the remaining two friction points on the disputed Himalayan border, ending a four-year stalemate that soured relations between the neighbors.

India and China have begun implementing an agreement to end a military standoff on their disputed Himalayan border, the two sides said on Friday, in the biggest thaw between the Asian giants since deadly clashes between their armies four years ago.

Four years ago, several soldiers from both sides were killed in a bloody melee. Any thaw between the countries could have global implications.

Tensions between the Asian powers had flared in recent years following a border clash that left at least two dozen soldiers dead.

India and China started pulling back their troops at the disputed Himalayan border as the two nuclear-armed powers began ending their four-year-long military standoff. The major anticipated border de-escalation marks the biggest thaw between New Delhi and Beijing since the deadly clashes between their troops in May 2020 in Galwan Valley.

China and India agreed to allow each others’ troops to patrol the disputed border between the two countries, a significant step toward ending a four-year stalemate as leaders from both nuclear-armed nations possibly meet at a BRICS summit this week.