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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled in the future down the contested Type of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is predicted to focus on the critical Finger Area and the strategic Depsang plains, with a complex disengagement method 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 about the condition on anonymity.

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

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, but it can’t be seen as disengagement, he said.

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The Finger Area will be at the centre of the next round of military discussions relating to the 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 in the first place. The Finger Area is when negotiations could drag out as Chinese troops have dug of their heels in Finger 4. Obtaining the PLA to retreat in the Depsang sector is every bit critical through the Indian perspective,” he stated.

The Finger Area, which refers to a collection of eight cliffs jutting out from the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, continues to be biggest test and most difficult part of the disengagement process, as 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 new positions held from the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 8 and 4 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line within this sector reaches Finger 8, as the Chinese claim is up to Finger 4 .

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

“With disengagement successfully carried out in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders will get down to the more 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 positioned on disengagement but on restoration of established order ante (the problem since it existed noisy . April) in these two important areas, Hooda said.

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