After nearly three weeks of tense border situation in eastern Ladakh, positive steps are finally seen from China. On the one hand, Chinese leaders talked about peace after the violent clash between Indian and Chinese forces on June 15 in the Galvan Valley of Ladakh. On the other hand, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China was increasing its strength.
However, it can now be seen in the latest satellite photographs that Chinese soldiers have retreated after talks between the two countries’ representatives.
US space technology company Maxar has released the latest satellite photos of Galvan Valley tweeted by the open-source intelligence analyst Detresfa. It is seen that where the first soldiers were present, and the army had taken a position, they have started withdrawing from there. This was agreed upon after negotiations between India and China. Based on satellite photos, it can be said that China’s fleet has retreated by 1.2 km.
After the talks between Doval and the Foreign Minister of China on July 5, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that the two countries would no longer take any action to escalate the dispute and complicate the situation. He had also agreed to go after the forces. At the same time, the Chinese experts still maintained that the details of the agreement between the representatives of the two countries should be implemented silently so as not to provoke people’s ‘irrational nationalism, especially in India.’
Disengagement began in Galvan from Sunday night, and on Monday, the movement has also taken place in Gogra and Hot Spring areas. However, the Pangong area remains a point of trouble. According to sources, China is near Finger-4 here. Here the soldiers of India and China are face to face. China is willing to backtrack on the condition that both countries create a 2-3 km buffer zone here. That is, the soldiers of both countries go back about one and a half kilometers. However, this is not an approval for India because going back here means going past the Finger-4, while Finger-4 has always been under India’s control.
On the other hand, Indian military sources have said that the two sides will retreat from 1 to 1.5 km from the disputed areas under the agreement. When this process is completed, the two countries’ army will renegotiate to decide the forward direction. The 3.5 to 4 km area around the conflict on June 15 has been declared a buffer zone. Therefore, there can be no more than 30 soldiers stationed in Galvan on behalf of both countries. A distance of 3.6 to 4 km has been ensured between the two soldiers. After that, 50-50 soldiers can remain at a distance of 1-1 km from both sides. There will be no more than 80 soldiers on one side within a total of 6 km.
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