Breakthrough in China standoff: Didn't concede anything, says Rajnath

South of Pangong Tso, the PLA will vacate the features of Helmet and Black Top, while the Indian Army will climb down from the dominating features of Point 5167

A day after China’s defence ministry announced that the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had begun “synchronised and organised disengagement” from their nine-month-long confrontation in the Pangong Tso sector, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made a similar announcement in Parliament on Thursday, while asserting India has not conceded anything to China.

“Our sustained talks with China have led to agreement on disengagement on the north and south banks of Pangong Lake. After this agreement, India-China will remove forward deployments in a phased, coordinated manner,” said the defence minister in his statement in the Rajya Sabha.

Rajnath said as part of