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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled next week over the contested Distinctive line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is predicted to spotlight the critical Finger Area along with the strategic Depsang plains, which has 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 around the condition on anonymity.

While the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) retracted 2km from Patrolling Point 14 (Galwan Valley) and PP-15 (Hot Springs) earlier this 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 in 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 is going to be at the centre of the next round of military discussions between your corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently about the Indian agenda, said another 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 within their heels in Finger 4. Getting the PLA to retreat within the Depsang sector is equally critical in the Indian perspective,” he stated.

The Finger Area, which identifies a couple of eight cliffs jutting from the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, remains to be the biggest make certain you most challenging 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 through the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 8 and 4 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line in this sector reaches Finger 8, as the Chinese claim is perfectly up to Finger 4 .

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The army is keeping a strict vigil down the contested border within the Depsang sector the place that the PLA’s forward presence can be a few serious concern where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers to a few patrolling routes, like the ones ultimately causing PPs-10, 12, 13, 11A and 11.

“With disengagement successfully completed in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders will now start the more challenging discussions across the Finger Area and Depsang plains,” said former Northern Army commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retd).

The Indian focus mustn't be entirely on disengagement but on restoration of established order ante (your situation mainly because it existed during the early April) of these two important areas, Hooda said.

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