Galwan clash: India, China to disengage forces from friction points

In the meantime, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane reviewed the Army's overall combat readiness in the Ladakh region with the ground commanders soon after arriving in Leh.

Indian and Chinese armies have arrived at a "mutual consensus" to "disengage" from all friction points in eastern Ladakh, in a significant development that came in the midst of spiralling border tension following the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in a clash at Galwan Valley, military sources said Tuesday.

The decision to disengage the forces, locked in a bitter standoff for the last six weeks in eastern Ladakh, was taken at a nearly 11-hour meeting between senior Indian and Chinese commanders in Moldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Monday.

The talks were held in a