New Delhi: The agreement reached last month between India and China to end military tensions on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh will take time to be fully implemented. Currently, as per the said agreement, the work of withdrawing troops from both the countries has started.

it will take time to complete the work

Patrolling has also started, but it will take time to complete the work of sending the soldiers to their respective places in the situation before the year 2020. This was stated by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday in response to a question asked about India-China relations from a public forum in Australia. Jaishankar said that everything is not going to happen at once, there will be discussions at many levels.

agreement between the two countries

There was tension between India and China on the LAC near eastern Ladakh since April 2020, which also affected the normal relations between the two countries. Thousands of soldiers and heavy military equipment were deployed from both sides. After continuous discussions, an agreement was reached between the two countries on October 21, 2024.

Bilateral relations are normal

Regarding this, Jaishankar said that after the situation that arose in the year 2020, the armies of both the countries were stationed at some distance on the LAC, which was a matter of great concern. We have reached an agreement to end this. Recently, it has been agreed between the Prime Minister (PM Narendra Modi) and the President (Xi Jinping) that the foreign ministers, national security advisors and other officials of both the countries will hold discussions among themselves so that bilateral relations can be normalized. Now it depends on how and at what pace we take this discussion forward.

Important for the future

Jaishankar said that our priority is to send the armies of both the countries away from each other. As far as possible, the armies should be sent to the situation before 2020. This work is still going on. The satisfaction of both the sides has to be taken care of. Jaishankar acknowledged the need for a constructive approach to bilateral relations and said that India-China relations are very important for the future.