India and China resolve stand-off at Ladakh border

September 26, 2014

The stand-off at the Sino-Indian border at Ladakh, which escalated on the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India was finally resolved when the Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met the Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi in New York, on the sidelines of the UNGA summit. The withdrawal of troops from Ladakh’s Chumar region is set to begin immediately and will be completed by the end of September.
The conflict between the two sides began when some Chinese workers who were building a road on their side of the border, crossed over to the Indian side and claimed that they had orders to construct a road up to Tible, which is around 5 kms into Indian territory. The situation escalated when both sides increased troop presence around that border.
This is not the first instance of border skirmishes overshadowing the visit of Chinese leaders. In 2013, during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India, Chinese troops entered Depsang Valley in Ladakh.

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