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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled in the near future over the contested Distinctive line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is predicted to spotlight the critical Finger Area and also the strategic Depsang plains, having a complex disengagement procedure that began after previous military talks on June 30 progressing smoothly in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, two officials informed about the developments said on Thursday, speaking around 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, the same retreat was completed at PP-17 (Gogra) on Thursday, said among the officials cited above. The Indian Army, too, has retracted proportionately during these friction areas.

The army has observed some thinning of PLA vehicles, troops and removal 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 in the middle in the next round of military discussions relating to the corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently on the Indian agenda, said a second official.

“Disengagement at Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra looked doable from the beginning. The Finger Area is how negotiations could drag out as Chinese troops have dug in their heels in Finger 4. Receiving the PLA to retreat in the Depsang sector is evenly critical in the Indian perspective,” he was quoted saying.

The Finger Area, which identifies a set of 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, as stated 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 from the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 8 and 4 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line within this sector extends to Finger 8, even though the Chinese claim is about Finger 4 .

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The military is keeping a rigid vigil down the contested border in the Depsang sector the place that the PLA’s forward presence is a couple of serious concern where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers to a few patrolling routes, like the ones leading to PPs-10, 11A, 12, 11 and 13.

“With disengagement successfully completed in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders will now start the greater challenging discussions around the Finger Area and Depsang plains,” said former Northern Army commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retd).

The Indian focus should not be seen on disengagement but on restoration of status quo ante (the specific situation mainly because it existed noisy . April) during these two important areas, Hooda said.

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