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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled in a few days across the contested Distinctive line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is expected to focus on the critical Finger Area and the strategic Depsang plains, having a complex disengagement procedure that began after previous military talks on June 30 progressing smoothly in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, two officials knowledgeable about the developments said on Thursday, speaking for the condition on anonymity.

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

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

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

The Finger Area, which describes some eight cliffs jutting out from the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, continues to be biggest ensure that you most difficult part of the disengagement process, reported by HT on Thursday.

The army would patrol right up to Finger 8 that New Delhi considers within Indian territory, before the PLA grabbed positions on Finger 4 overlooking Indian deployments. The newest positions held with the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 4 and 8 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line with this sector extends to Finger 8, whilst the Chinese claim can be Finger 4 .

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The military is keeping a strict vigil across the contested border from the Depsang sector where the PLA’s forward presence can be a couple of serious concern and where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers to a few patrolling routes, such as the ones leading to PPs-10, 12, 11, 13 and 11A.

“With disengagement successfully carried out Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders will get down to the harder 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 seen on disengagement but on restoration of established order ante (the specific situation because it existed during the early April) in these two important areas, Hooda said.

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