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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled in the near future down the contested Distinctive line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is expected to concentrate on the critical Finger Area and also the strategic Depsang plains, with 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, an identical retreat was completed at PP-17 (Gogra) on Thursday, said one of several officials cited above. The Indian Army, too, has pulled back proportionately in these friction areas.

It can’t be seen as disengagement, he said, although 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.

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The Finger Area is going to be in the middle from the next round of military discussions between the corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently on 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 how negotiations could drag out as Chinese troops have dug inside their heels in Finger 4. Obtaining the PLA to retreat from the Depsang sector is equally critical from the Indian perspective,” he stated.

The Finger Area, which is the term for a collection of eight cliffs jutting out from the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, remains to be the biggest make sure challenging part of the disengagement process, as stated by HT on Thursday.

The army would patrol right up to Finger 8 that New Delhi considers within Indian territory, before the PLA grabbed positions on Finger 4 overlooking Indian deployments. The newest positions held with the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 8 and 4 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line in this sector reaches Finger 8, even though the Chinese claim can be Finger 4 .

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The military is keeping a strict vigil along the contested border in the Depsang sector in which the PLA’s forward presence can be a few serious concern where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers to several patrolling routes, such as ones leading to PPs-10, 12, 11A, 13 and 11.

“With disengagement successfully finished in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders will start greater challenging discussions across 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 status quo ante (the problem since it existed during the early April) of these two important areas, Hooda said.

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