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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled in a few days over the contested Type of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is expected to focus on the critical Finger Area as well as 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 familiar with the developments said on Thursday, speaking around 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 among the officials cited above. The Indian Army, too, has retracted proportionately of these friction areas.

It can’t be seen as disengagement, he said, although the army has observed some thinning of PLA removal, vehicles and troops of structures from a key spur in the Finger Area near Pangong Tso over the last 48 hours.

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The Finger Area will probably be in the middle of the next round of military discussions between the corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently about the Indian agenda, said an extra official.

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

The Finger Area, which describes some eight cliffs jutting out from the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, continues to be the biggest make sure hardest part of the disengagement process, reported 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 brand new positions held by the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 4 and 8 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line on this sector also includes Finger 8, whilst the Chinese claim is up to Finger 4 .

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The army is keeping a rigid vigil over the contested border within the Depsang sector where the PLA’s forward presence is often a a few serious concern where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers a number of patrolling routes, including the ones leading to PPs-10, 12, 11, 11A and 13.

“With disengagement successfully completed in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders will now start the greater challenging discussions throughout 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 establishment ante (the specific situation mainly because it existed noisy . April) over these two important areas, Hooda said.

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