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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled in the future along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is required to pay attention to the critical Finger Area along with the strategic Depsang plains, having a complex disengagement process that began after previous military talks on June 30 progressing smoothly in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, two officials acquainted with the developments said on Thursday, speaking for the condition on anonymity.

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

The army has observed some thinning of PLA troops, vehicles and removal 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 probably be in the middle with the next round of military discussions between the corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently for the Indian agenda, said an extra official.

“Disengagement at Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra looked doable in the first place. The Finger Area is the place negotiations could drag out as Chinese troops have dug in their heels in Finger 4. Getting the PLA to retreat inside the Depsang sector is equally critical from the Indian perspective,” he said.

The Finger Area, which identifies some eight cliffs jutting out of the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, remains to be the biggest make certain you hardest part of the disengagement process, as stated 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 by the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 8 and 4 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line within this sector reaches to Finger 8, while the Chinese claim is perfectly up to Finger 4 .

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The army is keeping a rigid vigil over the contested border in the Depsang sector where the PLA’s forward presence can be a few serious concern and where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers a number of patrolling routes, such as ones ultimately causing PPs-10, 13, 11A, 11 and 12.

“With disengagement successfully finished in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders can get down to the more challenging discussions across 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 establishment ante (the problem mainly because it existed noisy . April) of these two important areas, Hooda said.

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