Can India trust China amid talks over disengagement along LAC?
Foreign Secretary vikram Misri stated during a press briefing that the deal is a major step toward disengagement, especially in the areas that still cause tension, which include the delicate territories of Demchok and Depsang Plains.
Although this is a big start toward easing tensions between the two nations, experts advise india to remain wary of China's intentions.
"The Chinese have yet to release their statement on this understanding, and we have to recognize that china is not going to roll back its land grabs in Depsang and Demchok," Chellaney stated.
"What this new patrolling arrangement is, only time will tell, because details keep out slowly, as they did in the case of the buffer zone arrangements," he said.
According to Chellaney, three steps are necessary to break a standoff: disengagement, de-escalation, and de-induction of opposing forces.
"A return to status quo ante, both in terms of how the data-border looked before april 2020 or how the territorial control existed along the Ladakh frontier before april 2020 when china made its land grabs on indian territory, is not coming back," he stated.
Lt General Hasnain claims that whereas de-escalation frequently takes years, escalation occurs in a matter of seconds.
"Looking at de-escalation, I believe it's basically about pressing the pause button, and things will proceed very, very gradually. It is not appropriate to see it as though everything will be fixed and everything will be OK one day, the speaker stated.
"The background of this probable encounter is quite optimistic. That's pretty much it," he stated.